DATED BOOK-PLATES (EX LIBRIS) : WITH A TREATISE ON THEIR ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT.
by HAMILTON, Walter, 1844-1899 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : A. & C. Black, 1895. First complete edition : originally published in three separate instalments 1894-1895. A weighty survey, with a lengthy introduction covering collecting, preservation, German book-plates, French book-plates, English book-plates and their ten basic styles, American book-plates, early references, eighteenth-century engravers and styles, nineteenth-century design, etc., followed by detailed chronological tables of known examples from 1516 to 1895. Post 4to (28cm). [viii],124,(226),[xx]pp. Numerous plates and illustrations. Original cloth gilt; lightly sunned; a few minor marks; a touch shaken, but a very good copy of a handsome production.
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- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37999
- Title
- DATED BOOK-PLATES (EX LIBRIS) : WITH A TREATISE ON THEIR ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT.
- Author
- HAMILTON, Walter, 1844-1899 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : A. & C. Black, 1895.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bibliography, Bookplates
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