[Rarebooks] For Sale: Scarce 1897 edition of the Phila.1687 Magna Carta

[Norman Kane]

[MAGNA CARTA.]  THE EXCELLENT PRIVILEDGE OF LIBERTY AND PROPERTY, 
BEING A REPRINT AND FAC-SIMILE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF MAGNA 
CHARTA PRINTED IN 1687 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF WILLIAM PENN AND 
WILLIAM BRADFORD.  Philadelphia: For the Philobiblon Club, 1897.  One 
of 150 copies only.  Quarto, original parchment (?) with yap 
fore-edges.  Text in black and red on heavy paper, uncut.  Pale 
offset on end papers, tiny spot on cover, otherwise an excellent copy 
of this quite scarce,
handsomely printed work.   $250.00          (Trade Discount Available)


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