MOORSOM R.MareMagnum
A Historical Companion to Hymns Ancient and Modern; containing the Greek and Latin; the German, Italian, French, Danish and Welsh Hymns; the First Lines; the Names of all Authors & Translators; Notes and Dates. THE ORIGINAL EDITION
12mo., First Edition, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; original salmon cloth, upper board blocked with gilt cross, backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, bevelled boards, red edges, black endpapers, very neatly recased, covers very lightly age-soiled else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Unusually robust copy of the original edition of a seminal work more often known in the second edition of 1903 which, given its availability, was comparatively widely issued. A rare survival. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB181,97 €
