Greece and the Levant: The Catalogue of the Henry Myron Blackmer Collection of Books and Manuscripts
by (BLACKMER COLLECTION) NAVARI, Leonara
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About This Item
London: Maggs Bros. Ltd, 1989. First edition, one of 300 copies. Folio. Frontispiece, 16 plates. xxi, [3], 446, [2] pp. Printed by Christos G. Manousarides at the Typographeio Manutius Publisher's gray cloth, titled stamped in black on front cover, by Sotiris Mavrikoglou; some sunning to spine and covers, else fine One of only 300 copies of this essential travel bibliography, containing 1947 detailed bibliographic descriptions. The American expatriate banker Henry Blackmer II (1923-1988) formed the most substantial modern collection of books concerning Greece and the Levant, filling his neoclassical Athens home with the spoils of his book- and art-hunting travels around the Mediterranean. The catalogue is an elegant piece of bookmaking by an all-Athenian team of craftsmen.
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- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100728
- Title
- Greece and the Levant
- Author
- (BLACKMER COLLECTION) NAVARI, Leonara
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, one of 300 copies
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Maggs Bros. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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