DEMY QUARTO FULL LEATHER BINDING PROBABLY ORIGINAL. ELABORATE ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT AND TO THE FIRST PAGE OF EACH SECTION. 104 NUMBERED PAGES PLUS 4 PAGES NOT NUMBERED. THE CONTENTS ARE VERY GOOD AND FIRM BUT THE LEATHER IS WORN THE SPINE DAMAGED AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM (SPLITTING TO THE HINGE AND SOME LOSS OF LEATHER). THERE ARE SECTIONS ON: PIERRE DE GONDI HENRY DE GONDI JEAN FRANCOIS DE GONDI JEAN FRANCOIS PAUL DE GONDI HARDOUIN DE PEREFIXE AND OTHERS. TEXT IN FRENCH.
LIMITED TO 150 COPIES HENCE SCARCE. SMALL OCTAVO xviii 91pp. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1618 (THIS EDITION CONTAINS A FACSIMILIE OF THE ORIGINAL TITLE PAGE AND WOODCUTS BY BEWICK). INTERNALLY THE BOOK IS GOOD ALTHOUGH THERE ARE WATERSTAINS. THE BOOK IS DISBOUND AND LACKS THE REAR BOARD. A COPY FOR REBINDING OR READING COPY ONLY.
Author:
MYNSHUL GEFFRAY
Place, Publisher, Date:
EDINBURGH, REPRINTED FOR W. AND C. TAIT BY JAMES BALLANTYNE, 1821
FIRST EDITION QUARTO. VERY NICELY REBOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS. FRONTISPIECE OF NORTH TITLE DEDICATION (5pp) ADVERTISEMENT CHRONOLOGY (5pp) PREFACE (xiv) 17-692 index (23pp).
