Live auction - Lot 534
[Bookbinding - Bibliophily]
Études sur la reliure des livres et sur les collections de bibliophiles célèbres.
Bordeaux, C. Lefebvre, 1873
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
8vo: [4]-128 pp. (some foxing, sm. hole on 1 leaf).
Contemp. three-quarter red shagreen, gilt-tooled spine on raised bands, gilt top edge (some very sl. rubbing, corners sl. soiled).
First edition issued in only 115 copies (this one No 41). Studies of noteworthy bookbindings in the libraries of noted collectors, including detailed information on both the collectors and the collections.