INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING ERECTING A LIBRARY, Presented to My Lord The President De Mesme. Now interpreted by Jo. Evelyn, Esquire. [Designed by Bruce Rogers.]
by Naudeus, Gabriel
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Cambridge, (MA): Printed for Houghton, Mifflin & Co., at the Riverside Press, 1903. First edition thus (i.e., designed by Bruce Rogers), 1/419 copies (this #41). 12mo. xxxii, 160 pp. Title page printed in red and black, running title, some initial letters, and chapter tail-pieces printed in red. Originally printed in France in 1627, Naude's "advice" was translated by Evelyn in 1661. Very good. Original leather-backed marbled boards, spine (several scuff marks) with ornaments and title, publisher's slipcase with printed paper label on spine numbered "41" in ink. (10572).
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- Title
- INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING ERECTING A LIBRARY, Presented to My Lord The President De Mesme. Now interpreted by Jo. Evelyn, Esquire. [Designed by Bruce Rogers.]
- Author
- Naudeus, Gabriel
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for Houghton, Mifflin & Co., at the Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, (MA)
- Date Published
- 1903
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