Binding - Burton (John Hill D.C.L., LL.D.), The Book-Hunter etc., A New Edition with a Memoir of the Author, numbered limited edition 87/1000, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London 1882, pp: [vi], x, civ, 427, [i], portrait frontispiece etching of the author by William Brassey Hole RSA (1846 - 1917), further full-page lithographic plate of a library, woodcut borders, vignettes, head and tail pieces and initials, full contemporary red crushed morocco gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, stamped, the covers with a triple-fillet and flowerhead bosses to angles, the spine with six compartments tooled with Pliny's doves in scrolling foliate compartments, titled in the second and dated in the seventh compartments with gilt-lettered green morocco labels, further gilt scroll cross dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, contemporaneous ink MS gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1889, thick 8vo
Binding - Burton (John Hill D.C.L., LL.D.), The Book-Hunter etc., A New Edition with a Memoir of the Author, numbered limited edition 87/1000, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London 1882, pp: [vi], x, civ, 427, [i], portrait frontispiece etching of the author by William Brassey Hole RSA (1846 - 1917), further full-page lithographic plate of a library, woodcut borders, vignettes, head and tail pieces and initials, full contemporary red crushed morocco gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, stamped, the covers with a triple-fillet and flowerhead bosses to angles, the spine with six compartments tooled with Pliny's doves in scrolling foliate compartments, titled in the second and dated in the seventh compartments with gilt-lettered green morocco labels, further gilt scroll cross dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, contemporaneous ink MS gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1889, thick 8vo
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
