Catalogue of an Important Library of Rare and Valuable Books: Incunabula Typographica, Mostly in Original Bindings; Illustrated Books of the Xvith and ... Arts; Bibles and Liturgical Books; Fine Bin - Softcover

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Excerpt from Catalogue of an Important Library of Rare and Valuable Books: Incunabula Typographica, Mostly in Original Bindings; Illustrated Books of the Xvith and Xviiith Century; Early Americana; Standard Works on the Fine Arts; Bibles and Liturgical Books; Fine Bindings; Judaica; Early Books on Geography, Etc

Fol. Finely printed in Roman letter, 40 long lines to a full page, 224 unn. With signs., (2 blanks, one of them wanting), with fine large capitals supplied in blue and a magnificent illuminated capital M heightened with gold on first page of Preface, with a marginal elongation of elaborate floral design in gold and several colours, extending round two margins, and enclosing arms of the (2) original owner at bottom. Contemp. Binding of wooden boards, covered with richly stamped brown calf, catches for 2clasps, (bind. Wormed and worn, baot and end-cover repaired). Frs. 750.

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