Jacques guignard foreword (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. [viii], 191 pp., illustrated, folio, original green-blue cloth, gilt title on upper cover. Numerous illustrations, with several large color tip-ins. An extraordinary collection of 126 decorated and mosaic bindings, many with important provenance, including Francois I, Henri II, Catherine de Médicis, Diane de Poitiers, Charles IX, Henri III, Henri IV, Jean Grolier, de Thou, Mahieu and others. Part One only. Robert S Pirie's copy, with the Robert S Pirie Reference Library booklabel on front pastedown. Mild age toning to the spine and edges, minor bump to one lower corner, interior fine. …