Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books from the Broxbourne Library Illustrating the Spread of Printing First and Second Portions (complete)
Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books from the Broxbourne Library Illustrating the Spread of Printing First and Second Portions (complete)
Payment methods
- PayPal
- Credit card
- Bank transfer
- Pubblica amministrazione
- Carta del Docente
Details
- Year of publication
- 1977
- Place of printing
- London
- Author
- Sotheby'S
- Publishers
- Sotheby's
- Keyword
- European History
- Cover description
- No Jacket
- Binding description
- H
- Dust jacket
- False
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
This is a very good 2 volume hardcover set in the original green printed boards with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out, a few page corners bent in the First Portion. These are sale catalogs for auctions that were held at Sotheby's London, New Bond Street location on November 14-15, 1977 and May 8-9, 1978. The First Portion: Abbeville- Lyons, had 344 lots. Many illustrated in black & white + fold-out color frontispiece. The Second Portion: Madrid- Zwolle, had lots 345 through 698. Thus 698 lots in the complete sale. Price estimates sheets for both Portions, but not prices realized sheets. 10" high X 7" wide. Various indices: authors, titles, printers, provenance. Heavy set, foreign shipping will be extra. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
