Aleksic, AdamLivre Rare Book
FERGUSON, ADAM.Livre Rare Book
An Essay on the History of Civil Society. - [PIONEERING CLASSIC OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT]
176761031Edinburgh, 1767. Large 4to. Recased preserving the contemporary marbled leather boards with a gilt line-frame over a more recent light brown full calf binding with five raised bands and gilt ornamentations to spine. The contemporary gilt title-label also preserved in second compartment of the spine. A later leather-onlay to the lower compartment, presumably covering an earlier library-marking. All edges of boards gilt. Inner hinges re-enforced. A good, solid, and sturdy copy. Library stamp (Freie Universität Berlin) to verso of title-page, along with a deaccession-stamp, as well as to blank lower margin of p. 48. Apart from the stamps, internally extremely well preserved, clean, and fresh, with only light occasional brownspotting. A very wide-margined copy on good paper. Leaves measuring 27x21 cm. VII, (1), 430 pp.
Herman H. J. Lynge & Son · Copenhagen, Danemark55 000,00 DKK≈ 7 386,50 €
