A catalogue of books printed at or relating to the university town & county of Cambridge from 1521 to 1893 with bibliographical & biographical notes [and] Index.

Cambridge, Macmillan & Bowes, 1894

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2 vol., 8vo: xxxi-516, 67 pp.

Contemp. cloth, top edge gilt. Excellent, partly uncut, copy.

Very rare basic Cambridge bibliography. Number 6 of 100 copies "printed on Dutch Handmade paper".
Prov. Author’s presentation inscriptions (1894) on front flyleaves. - Libr. stamp and marks. - J.L. Swartwood (bookpl.).
Joined: 1. Brunet, G. - Fantaisies bibliographiques. Paris, J. Gay, 1864. First edition. One of 250 on Holland paper (n. 230). - 2. Grand-Carteret, J. - Vieux papiers. Vieilles images. Cartons d'un colletionneur [...]. Paris, A. Le Vasseur et Cie, 1896. Orig. wr. pres. (4 vol.)