EX-LIBRIS ANA Notices Historiques et Critiques sur les Ex-libris Francais Depuis leur Apparition Jusqu'a L'annee 1895
Hardcover
1895 · Paris
by Jardere, H
Paris: L. Joly, 1895. Number 343 of an edition limited to 400 copies. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Notices Historiques et Critiques sur les Ex-libris Francais Depuis leur Apparition Jusqu'a L'annee 1895. Paris: L. Joly, 1895. Number 343 of an edition limited to 400 copies. 32 engraved bookplates including the frontispiece with 36 plates to follow text with initial illustrations. iv+110+iv+ pp. Text in French. Hardcover. Large 8vo size. 3/4 brown calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, over marbled paper covered boards. Gilt lettering and devices tooled to spine, gilt ruling on boards, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Extremities lightly bumped, rubbed and worn; bottom edges more so. Boards lightly scuffed, perimeter slightly sunned. Edges and pages lightly to moderately toned with minimal scattered foxing and staining. Bookplate to front paste-down. Overall quite good, text block fairly clean, binding tight. A nice copy. Very good/. Approximately half of the illustrations are imaginary bookplates. Some of the plates were previously published separately. About half of the plates are also in the previously published work. Fuller p.65-66. Extra shipping charges will apply. (Oversized - extra shipping charges apply) (Insurance required to ship this item). (Inventory #: 28375)