Author: du Bois, Henri Pene
Title: Four Private Libraries in New York: A Contribution to the History of Bibliophilism in America. First Series. Preface by Octave Uzanne
Description: New-York: Duprat & Co. 1892. 1892. New-York: Duprat & Co. 1892. 1892. Good. - Octavo, decorative red paper covered boards titled in gilt on the front cover & spine with a vignette in gilt on each board. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with a stain to the rear cover & a piece out of the head of the spine. The joints are rubbed & partially split. 119 pages. Illustrated with facsimile plates with tissue guards, including a color frontispiece, & black-and-white head- & tail-pieces. The front hinge is starting & there is an owner's ink name dated 1893 on the flyleaf. There is foxing to the margins of the frontispiece with soiling & staining to a few text pages. Good.

Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Good .

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; FOUR PRIVATE LIBRARIES IN NEW YORK; BOOKBINDING; ART OF THE BOOK; ELZEVIRS; VIGNETTISTS; ILLUSTRATORS; HENRI PENE DU BOIS; OCTAVE UZANNE; PLATES; FACSIMILES.

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