De Amicis, EdmondoMareMagnum
MOTLEY J.L.MareMagnum
History of the United Netherlands: from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years' Truce, 1609. Second Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN SPLENDID OXFORD ARMORIAL BINDING
4 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, with 4 engraved frontispieces and a large folding plan, blank preliminaries and plan lightly spotted; handsomely bound in blue full morocco, upper board with triple frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in blind enclosing arms and motto of the Lodge family elaborately blocked in gilt, lower board with triple frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in bind enclosing arms of Oxford University elaborately blocked in gilt, backs with five raised bands, second and third compartments lettered and tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, bevelled boards, doublures richly tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, backstrip lettering faded to near-blind else a remarkably bright, crisp, clean set in a most impressive nineteenth century armorial binding. With the trade ticket of Rivingtons of Oxford in front paste-down of first volume. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM SIR RICHARD LODGE TO THE GIRLS' LIBRARY OF CHRISTS HOSPITAL WITH THE LATTER'S BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWNS. Motley's classic study was first published in 1860.
Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB318,45 €
