[INCUNABULA REFERENCE / SWEDEN]

  • Uppsala and Leipzig: Alquist & Wiksell, 1907
By Collijn, Isak (Gustav Alfred)
Uppsala and Leipzig: Alquist & Wiksell, 1907. First Edition. Very good. Small thick folio. 38 ff., 507, [1] pp. Original wrappers (somewhat worn, spine darkened), edges completely uncut (a few gatherings opened, in some instances hastily). IMPORTANT CATALOGUE OF THE INCUNABULA IN THE UPPSALA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, with many detailed collations and extensive provenance information (with a separate provenance index!)

¶ From the famed bibliographical library of B.H. Breslauer, godson of Isak Collijn. With Breslauer's inventory on front cover in pencil, indicating that this was volume number 1829 in the enormous reference collection that he moved from London to the firm's new home in New York City. Purchased by us at the sale of the Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana (Christie's New York, 28 June 2005, lot 1249). With the BBB bookplate loosely inserted.

Details

Title

[INCUNABULA REFERENCE / SWEDEN]

Author

Collijn, Isak (Gustav Alfred)

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Alquist & Wiksell: Uppsala and Leipzig

Date

1907

Edition

First Edition


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