FIRST EDITION QUARTO CARD COVERS HALF CLOTH 26 PAGES PLUS 54 FULL-PAGE PLATES. SOME WEAR AND STAINING TO THE BOARDS FOXING TO TITLE PAGE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD AND CLEAN.
Author:
PETRIE W. M. FLINDERS
Place, Publisher, Date:
LONDON, QUARITCH AND SCHOOL OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN EGYPT, 1909
A MONOGRAPH ON THE LETTERING OF MAPS IN THE 16TH CENTURY NETHERLANDS WITH A FACSIMILIE AND TRANSLATION OF HIS TREATISE ON THE ITALIC HAND AND A TRANSLATION OF GHIM’S VITA MERCATORIS. FIRST EDITION QUARTO NEAR FINE IN DUSTWRAPPER WELL ILLUSTRATED.
FINELY BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS FINE GILT TOOLING TO THE SPINE. T.E.G. MARBLED ENDPAPERS. NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1900 THE OCTAVO EDITION OF AINSWORTHS’ WORKS WITH THE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS. VERY GOOD. AN ATTRACTIVE COPY.
