Descripción

Small folio (345 x 250 mm), 121, [5]pp., limited to 800 copies, 19 coloured plates of bindings tipped-in, 23 illustrs., in the text (including 10 of bindings), orig. cloth, gilt, d.w. Signed and dated by Nixon on front fly-leaf; 2 page T.L.s from Van Der Vekene; related T.L.s from Anthony Hobson; numerous reviews for the book tipped-in. Comprised of 3 articles: Le Bibliophile Pierre Ernest de Mansfeld et líHistoire de ses Reliures by Van Der Vekene; Paris Bindings for Peter Ernst von Mansfeld by Nixon; and Einb‰nde mit Supralibros des Grafen Peter Ernst von Mansfeld in der Bohmischen Schossbibliothek Opocno by Hamanova. There are also plates of Mansfeldís armorial bindings with descriptions by Van Der Vekene. Provenance: From the library of Howard M. Nixon (1909-1983), British librarian and bookbinding historian.