Bindings. A collection of 24 decorative bindings, 18th & 19th century, including: 1. Il Malmantile Racquistato di Lorenzo Lippi Paris: Marcello Prault, 1768, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved title, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, morocco title label, some wear, 12mo, 2. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Halifax: Milner & Sowerby, 1864, engraved frontispiece, additional title and plates, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green morocco, elaborate gilt & blind decoration, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, 3. P. Terentii Afri Comœdiæ. [Edited by Charles O. Goodford], London: Charles Whittingham 1854, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, later morocco labels to spine, 4to, 4. Lord Macaulay's Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome, Popular edition, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1891, contemporary marbled calf by Riviere, gilt decorated spine, morocco spine labels, joints cracked, 8vo, and other similar decorative bindings, including few odd volumes (Qty: 24)
Bindings. A collection of 24 decorative bindings, 18th & 19th century, including: 1. Il Malmantile Racquistato di Lorenzo Lippi Paris: Marcello Prault, 1768, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved title, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, morocco title label, some wear, 12mo, 2. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Halifax: Milner & Sowerby, 1864, engraved frontispiece, additional title and plates, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green morocco, elaborate gilt & blind decoration, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, 3. P. Terentii Afri Comœdiæ. [Edited by Charles O. Goodford], London: Charles Whittingham 1854, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, later morocco labels to spine, 4to, 4. Lord Macaulay's Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome, Popular edition, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1891, contemporary marbled calf by Riviere, gilt decorated spine, morocco spine labels, joints cracked, 8vo, and other similar decorative bindings, including few odd volumes (Qty: 24)
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