Description:
The Phenix :OR, AR E V I V A L
O F
Scarce and Valuable Pieces
From the Remotest Antiquity
Down to the Present Times
B E I N G
A C O L L E C T I O N of Manuscripts and
Printed Tracts, no where to be found but
in the Closets of the Curious
L O N D O N, Printed for J. Morphew near Stationers Hall
M.DCC.VII.
DESCRIPTION
(ii) + 570 + (ii)
(ii) + 552 + (ii)
Books measure 195mm x 130mm approximately.
Nice contemporary bindings in full panelled brown calf. Spine with five gilt-ruled raised bands with elaborate gilt decoration to compartments and maroon and black title and volume labels. Board panel work with blind-tooled borders and leaf cornices. Plain end-papers and paste-downs.
CONDITION
The bindings are firm although boards are a little loose with front board of vol II cracked along lower half. Some wear and gilt losses to spines. Boards retain a rich deep lustre with only some surface scratches and small losses to leather… Read More