[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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