Fine Old Bindings, with other Interesting Miscellanea in Edward Almack’s Library. By Edward Almack
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Frontis., numerous facsimiles & 53 plates (some colored) of bindings and MSS. Large folio, orig. half-cream & red cloth (joints worn), upper cover & spine gilt, t.e.g. London: Blades, East & Blades, 1913.
Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by the publishers. Almack’s library was particularly rich in 17th-century English books and MSS., with many splendid Samuel Mearne bindings. Some of the colored illustrations are heightened in gold.
Nice copy from the library of Robert S. Pirie.
Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by the publishers. Almack’s library was particularly rich in 17th-century English books and MSS., with many splendid Samuel Mearne bindings. Some of the colored illustrations are heightened in gold.
Nice copy from the library of Robert S. Pirie.
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Fine Old Bindings, with other Interesting Miscellanea in Edward Almack’s Library. By Edward Almack
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