Collection de Manuscrits, Livres, Estampes et Objets d'Art relatifs a Marie Stuart, Reine de France et d'Ecosse
by Bibliothèque Nationale
- Used
- Condition
- Copy No.97. Paper wrappers torn with loss of parts of spine-panel and remains detached from textblock, glassine overwrapper tor
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Jules Meynial, Paris, first edition, 1931. Edition limited to 320 numbered copies. Printed wrappers, 4to,. xiv, 325 pp, 2 tipped in colour plates. Approximately 800 entries. Catalogue of a splendid collection of manuscripts, books, ephemera and objets d'art relating to Mary, Queen of Scots which was built up by Mrs George T. Bliss and donated to the Bibliotheque Nationale by her daughter. Originally issued with a portfolio of loose plates (not present here) illustrating some of the greatest rarities described in the main volume. With an index of names and an index of titles. Copy No.97. Paper wrappers torn with loss of parts of spine-panel and remains detached from textblock, glassine overwrapper torn with much loss, textblock somewhat tender, contents agetoned, an unopened copy that would benefit from rebinding.
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-42397
- Title
- Collection de Manuscrits, Livres, Estampes et Objets d'Art relatifs a Marie Stuart, Reine de France et d'Ecosse
- Author
- Bibliothèque Nationale
- Format/Binding
- Printed wrappers, 4to,
- Book Condition
- Used - Copy No.97. Paper wrappers torn with loss of parts of spine-panel and remains detached from textblock, glassine overwrapper tor
- Edition
- Edition limited to 320 numbered copies
- Publisher
- Jules Meynial, Paris, first edition, 1931
- Date Published
- 1931
- Pages
- xiv, 325 pp, 2 tipped in colour plates
- Keywords
- Mary Stuart 1542-1587 Marie Stuart Queen of Scotland & France Mary, Queen of Scots 16th sixteenth century english scottish french history elizabethan catholicism monarchy royalty
- Bookseller catalogs
- History (Bibliographies);
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
Biblio member since 2005
LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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