L'Histoire, La Vie, Les Moeurs et la Curiosité par l'Image, le Pamphlet et le Document (1450-1900) -- vol. 1
Paris: Librairie de la Curiosité et des Beaux-Arts, 1927. Hardcover. Vol. 1 only: viii, 470, [2] p., color frontispiece, 28 leaves of plates (some in color, some folded): 405 in-text and full-page illustrations; 32 cm. Full leather; boards are dark green; gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Gilt-stamped decoration on spine and illustration on front board; blind-stamped decoration on front board. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Tri-color ribbon bookmark. Title page printed in red and black. This is no. 357 of a limited edition of 1500 copies. Entirely in French. This volume contains material from the 15th and 16th centuries. Includes an index of artists. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Doris Ryer Nixon (1893-1948). A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Very Good+ Condition: joints, spine ends, and corners are rubbed; pages and plates are clean and tight. Very Good +. Item #010249
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