THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE (Volume XVII of the Armorial Edition of "A HISTORY OF ALL NATIONS," #12 of a limited number of 90 copies)

Flathe, Theodor

Verlag: Lea Brothers and Company, Philadelphia, 1902

Beschreibung

Tall, thick and weighty quarto, 416 pages but thicker as there are 20 full-page plates with tissue guards, some foldouts, not included in the pagination. There are an additional 65 figures or maps in the text. This is Volume XVII of "A History of All Nations," limited to 90 copies of which this is copy #12, and printed for a William Carter Johnson, Esq., with a page bound in so designating; Johnson's bookplate is inside the front board. An unusually ornate copy, full polished leather with gilt stamped armorial design on the front board, the leather extended inide both boards (see photo), gilt design around the beveled edge inside and out, five raised bands on the spine, unusual ribbed satin end papers, top edge gilt, untrimmed edges. Near fine condition, a generally clean and unworn copy with some foxing at the top of the half-title page plus the bookplate. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 023657

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE (Volume XVII of the ...

Verlag: Lea Brothers and Company, Philadelphia

Erscheinungsdatum: 1902

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition