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Catalogue of Antiquarian Books 1700-1900

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In our Catalogue this is Booknumber V62971

Author Sere,Ferdinand
Title MOYEN AGE ET RENAISSANCE (Select Examples of the Ornaments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Period)
PlacePub Paris
Publisher By the Author 1st edition
Date 1851
Illustrations Chromolith plates including much gold & silver, illuminations etc.(16) + 12 engraved plates by Lemercier/Kellerhoven et al.
Description Quarto half green morocco (tips worn/rubbed/combed marble sides very rubbed but still handsome) (4pp) of descriptive plate list in French and English parallel text. Book block loose in case. Very neat and clean. Shows examples from tapestries, Gold and Silversmith work, Stainglass, Ivory, frescoes, book of Hours, sculptures and clothing details. There was apparently a social History volume published 3 years earlier to which this was a later addition but published on its own. The plates are of very fine quality and color.
Booknumber V62971
Price Price: GBP 55.00 or USD 68.00
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