Fine Bindings, Two Examples. Including: Pliny the Elder's Epistolae et Panegyricus, Editio nova, ed. Boxhorn, Leiden: Elzevir, 1653, 12mo, bound by Rivere in full tan leather, tooled in blind with an ornate central oval tool, ruled in blind compartments, gilt lettering piece on spine, 5 x 2 3/4 in. [together with] Gerard Vossius and others Dissertationes de Studiis Bene Instituendis, Utrecht: Ackersdyk et Gisb. Zylii, 1658, 12mo in a matching Riviere binding, same leather and tooling as the book described above, the two very nicely preserved, edges stained red, marbled endleaves, ex libris Froissart, with bookplates, 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (2) Additional Images
Fine Bindings, Two Examples. Including: Pliny the Elder's Epistolae et Panegyricus, Editio nova, ed. Boxhorn, Leiden: Elzevir, 1653, 12mo, bound by Rivere in full tan leather, tooled in blind with an ornate central oval tool, ruled in blind compartments, gilt lettering piece on spine, 5 x 2 3/4 in. [together with] Gerard Vossius and others Dissertationes de Studiis Bene Instituendis, Utrecht: Ackersdyk et Gisb. Zylii, 1658, 12mo in a matching Riviere binding, same leather and tooling as the book described above, the two very nicely preserved, edges stained red, marbled endleaves, ex libris Froissart, with bookplates, 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (2) Additional Images
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