OBLONG FOLIO SIGNED BY RENI-MEL NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION THIS BEING NUMBER 117 OF 300 ON CHIFFON PAPER. 25 ENGRAVINGS OF SCENES TAKEN AT THE FRONT PROTECTED BY TISSUE GUARDS. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL MOROCCO BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE. RENI-MEL ( 1893-1960) WAS THE OFFICIAL ARTIST OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF WAR.
VERY GOOD COPY BOUND IN MODERN HALF LEATHER AND MARBLED BOARD. NEW ENDPAPERS – 23 PAGES. ‘OCCASIONED BY A LETTER FROM HIS LORDSHIP TO THE VICE-CHANCELLOR OF OXFORD IN CONVOCATION TO WHICH IS PREFIXED HIS LORDSHIPS LETTER’. THE LETTER IS FROM SOME ‘OXFORD ELECTORS’.
TWO VOLUMES 24 mo. (8 by 14 cm). FULL VELLUM pp. 456 376. GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINES. SOME WEAR TO THE LABELS BUT VERY GOOD CLEAN AND TIGHT. ITALIAN TEXT.
FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES QUARTO FULL CALF. RAISED BANDS RED AND GILT LABELS. pp 670 823. FRONTIS. OF BYRON TO VOL. 2. HINGE OF VOLUME 1 A LITTLE WEAK WITH A SPLIT BEGINNING TO THE BOARD. SOME FADING TO THE BOARDS. VERY CLEAN. A NICE SET.
