The Catalogue of Books from the Libraries or Collections of Celebrated Bibliophiles and Illustrious Persons of the Past with Arms or Devices upon the Bindings, Exhibited at the Grolier Club in the Month of January 1895

Grolier Club

Verlag: The Grolier Club, New York, 1895

Beschreibung

xi, 75 + 24 b&w illustrations with tissue guards; 8vo, original dark green cloth, gilt title and Grolier Club device on upper cover; edges untrimmed. 244 bindings are described, including volumes owned by Jean Grolier, de Thou, Mme de Pompadour, Henri IV, Cardinal Richelieu, Comte d'Hoym, Marie Antoinette, and many others. The illustrations reproduce the arms of 24 illustrious bibliophiles. One of 350 copies printed on Holland paper by the De Vinne Press. With the attractive bookplate (probably engraved by Arthur Nelson Macdonald) of Frank K. Sturgis (1847-1932), a Grolier Club member, president of the New York Stock Exhange and a founder of the (New York) Clearing House. A near fine copy, with just a touch of rubbing to a few cover edges. Asaf 19; Ong & Holzenberg P49. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1835

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Catalogue of Books from the Libraries or...

Verlag: The Grolier Club, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1895

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Auflage: 1. Auflage