A Catalogue of Fifteen Hundred Books Remarkable for the Beauty or the Age of their Bindings or as Bearing Indications of Former Ownership by Great Book-Collectors and Famous Historical Personages. [bound with] A Collection of Facsimiles from Examples of Historic or Artistic Book-Binding, illustrating the History of Binding as a Branch of the Decorative Arts

A Catalogue of Fifteen Hundred Books Remarkable for the Beauty or the Age of their Bindings or as Bearing Indications of Former Ownership by Great Book-Collectors and Famous Historical Personages. [bound with] A Collection of Facsimiles from Examples of Historic or Artistic Book-Binding, illustrating the History of Binding as a Branch of the Decorative Arts. Quaritch, Bernard. Bernard Quaritch.

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Very good.,. 20th century half brown morocco,raised bands, gilt spine decorations and title, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers,. 4to. 28×21 cm. Heavy book, will require extra shipping. weight: 5.6 lb. Bernard Quaritch. London. 1889. 222; 36 pp. 103 color plate facsimiles.