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Fine Old Bindings, with other Interesting Miscellanea in Edward Almack’s Library. By Edward Almack.

Frontis., numerous facsimiles & 53 plates (some colored) of bindings and MSS. Large folio, orig. half-cream & red cloth (joints worn), upper cover & spine gilt, t.e.g. London: Blades, East & Blades, 1913.

Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by the publishers. Almack’s library was particularly rich in 17th-century English books and MSS., with many splendid Samuel Mearne bindings. Some of the colored illustrations are heightened in gold.

Nice copy from the library of Robert S. Pirie.

Price: $500.00

Item ID: 5709