Mar 14, 2002 - Sale 1928

Sale 1928 - Lot 168

Price Realized: $ 575
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
LIBRI, GUGLIELMO. Monuments inédits ou peu connus, faisant partie du cabinet de Guillaume Libri, et qui se rapportent à l'histoire de l'ornementation chez différents peuples.<> 65 plates lithographed in color, gold, and silver, mostly of early bindings. Folio, 490x385 mm, contemporary 1/2 black morocco gilt, moderate wear; front and rear flyleaves, half-title, and title creased. London, 1864

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Second edition, enlarged, of a work first published in 1862 on the history of book decoration illustrated by examples from Libri's collection, " . . . offering for the first time a considerable corpus for study and comparison"--Breslauer, The Uses of Bookbinding Literature, page 16.<