Holkham Library: A History and Description

D. P. Mortlock

Verlag: The Roxburghe Club, 2006

Beschreibung

xv, 140 pp., illustrated, folio, original green buckram cloth, gilt title. Presented to the Roxburghe Club by the Earl of Leicester. Holkham Hall, in North Norfolk, is home to one of the world's finest private libraries (itself consisting of three main libraries), numbering approximately 10,000 printed books and manuscripts. The library was acquired by Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (1697-1759) (excluding those books acquired by the great lawyer Sir Edward Coke). With numerous full-color illustrations, many full-page. One of 200 copies of this edition (of a total of 300). As new copy. Barker 273. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1409

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Holkham Library: A History and Description

Verlag: The Roxburghe Club

Erscheinungsdatum: 2006

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: As New