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Early Cloth Binding. Le Rime
1822312London: C. Corrall for G. Pickering 1822. Very good uncut and partially unopened slight foxing of engraved leaves publisher's ochre cloth which has faded but turn-ins appear to reflect an original brighter red color worn paper label on spine prior owner inscription dated 1830 placing the cloth not later than such date. One of the series usually known as Pickering's "Diamond Classics" they are some of the earliest books to have publisher's bindings of cloth. <br /> <br /> 48mo. 7 237pp. 9 index. Keynes pg. 72. Porter 146. Tomlinson & Masters pg. 11. Carter Binding Variants pgs. 9-15. Nash Two Hundred Years of Publisher's Cloth Journal of Printing Historical Society 2020 passim. C. Corrall for G. Pickering unknown
Nelson Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB · États-Unis125,00 $US≈ 105,76 €
