FIRST EDITION VERY NICELEY REBOUND IN BLUE CLOTH GILT TITLES NEW ENDPAPERS. 128 pp BLACK AND WHITE PLATES ILLUS. PLUS PUBLISHER’S CATALOGUE. A LOVELY COPY OF A SCARCE TITLE..
1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD BUT SLIGHTLY MARKED FRONT BOARD AND FADED SPINE. ORANGE DECORATED BOARDS. BEING THE STORY OF THE FAIR IMPERIA THE VENIAL SIN THE MERRIE DIVERSIONS OF HIS MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY KING LOUIS THE ELEVENTH TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN OTHER QUAINT AND PIQUANT HISTORIES MAKING UP THE FIRST DECADE OF THE DROLL TALES. RENDERED FAITHFULLY INTO ENGLISH BY J. LEWIS MAY WITH AN ONTRODUCTION BY ANDRE MAUROIS AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY JEAN DE BOSSCHERE. LIMITED TO 3000 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 864.
WITH LUCUBRATIUNCULA DE FORMATIONE CREMENTO ET COLORIBUS TESTARUM TENTAMEN…. 177 PAGES PLUS INDEX. ALSO QUAE SUNT COCHLIDUM ET CONCHARUM (44 PAGES). ALSO COMMENTARIOLUM IN LOCUM PLINII (16 PAGES). 12 PLATES OF SHELLS. BOUND IN FULL LEATHER WITH RAISED BANDS. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. THE BOARDS ARE PITTED AND THE PAGES ARE VERY BROWNED. NEVERTHELESS COMPLETE AND TIGHTLY BOUND.
FIRST EDITION. SLIGHTLY CHIPPED DUSTRAPPER. A PERSONAL BOOK ARGUING THE CASE FOR DESIGN INTRINSIC TO THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES. RICHLY ILLUSTRTAED IN COLOUR NEARLY 300 PAGES.