Cornelii Taciti De Vita Et Moribus Iulii Agricolae Liber. [Doves Press]

Tacitus, C. & Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Doves Press).

Verlag: The Doves Press No. 1 The Terrace Hammersmith MDCCCC [1900]. One of 225 copies on paper.

Beschreibung

One of 225 copies on paper. [Colophon]: Officina Columbarum excuderunt T. J. Cobden-Sanderson et Emery Walker textum recensuit J. W. Mackail typos composuit J. H. Mason prelum exercuit H. Gage-Cole XIV Kal. Nov. MDCCCC. Size of the vellum binding: 6 ½ in. x 9 ¼ in. Three blank flyleaves, blank leaf signed: a, with watermark of two doves on a perch & initials: C-S & E W, title page, pp. 1-[33] with colophon at the bottom of p. [33], four blank flyleaves. Bound in full, limp vellum, with the spine gilt lettered: Tacitii Agricola. With the stamp: The Doves Bindery on the lower edge of the back paste-down end-paper. The vellum shows some light age toning. Small book label of American diplomat & scholar, Douglas Maxwell Moffat (1881-1956), on the front paste-down end-paper. The paste-down end-papers show a little buckling to the paper, including slight splitting to the paper from the vellum to the fore-edge of the back paste-down. The lower right corner of p. [33], shows a small imperfection to the paper sheet (paper loss of a one inch triangular section). Latin text. Ransom, Private Presses and Their Books, 1929, p. 250. Doves Press # 1, 225 copies on paper. The first book of the press. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-3544977631

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Titel: Cornelii Taciti De Vita Et Moribus Iulii ...

Verlag: The Doves Press No. 1 The Terrace Hammersmith MDCCCC [1900]. One of 225 copies on paper.

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

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