BOOKS IN MANUSCRIPT: A Short Introduction to Their Study and Use. With a chapter on records
by Madan, Falconer
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co, 1893. First edition, in the "Books about Books" series edited by Alfred W. Pollard. 8vo. xv, 188 pp. Illustrated, plates, facsimiles, line drawings, etc., extra decorated title page. "This work is intended to be a plain account of the study and use of [illustrated] manuscripts" (preface). Very good copy in an attractive later binding. 20th-century brown morocco, gilt title and rules on spine, new endpapers. (10599).
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- Bartlebys Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64179
- Title
- BOOKS IN MANUSCRIPT: A Short Introduction to Their Study and Use. With a chapter on records
- Author
- Madan, Falconer
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
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