[Rarebooks] FS: 1814 Hand-Colored Costume Plate Folio, price greatly reduced

Charles Agvent chagvent at ptd.net
Mon Oct 14 14:58:03 EDT 2013


Just in time for Halloween.  PRICE IS NET plus postage.

Price reduced:     Was $2000,      Now $1500

SMITH, Charles Hamilton. SELECTIONS OF THE ANCIENT COSTUME OF GREAT 
BRITAIN AND IRELAND FROM THE SEVENTH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. London: 
William Bulmer, 1814. First Edition. Folio (10-1/2" x 15-1/2") bound in 
contemporary half red morocco and marbled boards with morocco corners, 
neatly rebacked retaining the original spine. Extra hand-colored 
pictorial title, two engraved dedication pages, one colored, and 60 
full-page hand-colored aquatint plates etched by John Augustus Atkinson. 
Complete with Preface, List of Subscribers, Directions to Binder, and 
the errata sheet. Colas 2755; Lipperheide 988; Tooley 455. Plates clean 
and fresh; binding with just minor wear. Near Fine. (#015979)        
$1,500.00

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