Illustrated Catalogue of a Highly Important Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Letters, From Several Private Collections, Including a Portion of the Library of the Late H. S. Marlor of New York City PDF Download

Author: American Art Association
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780428117979
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of a Highly Important Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Letters, From Several Private Collections, Including a Portion of the Library of the Late H. S. Marlor of New York City: To Be Sold Without Reserve or Restriction by Order of Owners Hereinafter Designated, on Monday and Tuesday, December 20th and 21st at 2: 30 O'clock in the Afternoons and 8: 15 O'clock in the Evenings First bible printed with date and printer's name, and much more rare than the gutenberg bible. Complete copies are most rare. Only 7 perfect copies known, and even fragments are seldom offered for sale. All the leaves here offered are in excellent condition, except for the repaired marginal tears, and are unusually large, measuring 15% x 11% inches. There are several words and marks against specially noted lines in a contemporary hand, written in margins. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.