Elzevier.- Beckford copy.- Henri III.- Recueil de diverses pieces servant à l'histoire de Henri III, roy de France et de Pologne, 2 parts in 1, titles with woodcut ornaments, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, occasional spotting, engraved bookplate of Rev. J.B. Clements, attractive 19th century dark green straight-grain morocco, gilt, [by Charles Lewis], covers with quadruple gilt filet borders with starburst corner-pieces, richly gilt spine in compartments with various floral and foliage tools, g.e., 12mo (binding 135 x 77mm.), Cologne [but Leiden], Pierre du Marteau [but Jean Elzevier],, 1666. ⁂ The William Beckford copy of this counterfeit edition. It was sold as lot 1223 in part III of the Hamilton Palace Sale. References: Willems 868 (in note).
Elzevier.- Beckford copy.- Henri III.- Recueil de diverses pieces servant à l'histoire de Henri III, roy de France et de Pologne, 2 parts in 1, titles with woodcut ornaments, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, occasional spotting, engraved bookplate of Rev. J.B. Clements, attractive 19th century dark green straight-grain morocco, gilt, [by Charles Lewis], covers with quadruple gilt filet borders with starburst corner-pieces, richly gilt spine in compartments with various floral and foliage tools, g.e., 12mo (binding 135 x 77mm.), Cologne [but Leiden], Pierre du Marteau [but Jean Elzevier],, 1666. ⁂ The William Beckford copy of this counterfeit edition. It was sold as lot 1223 in part III of the Hamilton Palace Sale. References: Willems 868 (in note).
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