Carpets of the Orient.
by Grote-Hasenbalg, Werner
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Leipzig, Germany: Schmidt & Guenther. 8vo. 23 pp. + [48 pp. of plates]. Green cloth-covered boards with color paste-in plate and gilt lettering. Fair with sunning along boards and spine, spine chipping and soiling along endpapers. Color plates and black and white frontis. Ex-library. Includes pasted-in nameplate on verso of front-wrap, call number on front and lending sheet attached to front endpaper. Translated from German into English.Provenance: Originally from the Oliver Collection of the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Library, Ephram Hill, Surrey, England.
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- Seller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 18-6607
- Title
- Carpets of the Orient.
- Author
- Grote-Hasenbalg, Werner
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leipzig, Germany: Schmidt & Guenther
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- Textiles;
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Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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About the Seller
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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San Francisco, California
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- Gilt
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