The Library of H. Bradley Martin; Highly Important Printed Books and Illuminated Manuscripts
by SOTHEBY'S, ;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York, Sotheby's, 1990, First edition. . original pictorial cloth with mounted colored plate in gilt border, gilt title on cover and spine, fine, clean, with the prices realized on loose sheet. . 4to [27.5 x 21.5 cm]; unpaginated, portrait of Martin, colored plates and other illustrations, black and white photos. . A very well-illustrated auction sale of 325 lots, described in detail, sale held 14 June 1990. The sale includes books and manuscripts related to natural history, science, literature, economics, atlases, travels, etc dating from 1455. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J13802
- Title
- The Library of H. Bradley Martin; Highly Important Printed Books and Illuminated Manuscripts
- Author
- SOTHEBY'S, ;
- Format/Binding
- Original pictorial cloth with mounted colored plate in gilt border, gilt title on cover and spine, fine, clean, with the prices
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, Sotheby's, 1990, First edition.
- Size
- 4to [27.5 x 21.5 cm]; unpaginate
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About the Seller
Horizon Books
Biblio member since 2003
Toronto, Ontario
About Horizon Books
We buy and sell rare and out-of-print books related to Travel & Exploration, Gardening and Natural History. We are always interested in purchasing libraries, collections and individual books of merit in our specialties. We have been selling books on the Internet since 1993. We also sell antique prints - please email us for our current web page with images of each print and map. BROWSE OUR BOOKS FROM THE LISTS DIRECTLY BELOW, or search by author, title, keyword.
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- Plate
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