[Rarebooks] FS: Fine Caxton reprint of "Paris and Vienne" done for the Roxburghe library in 1868

[Kenneth Karmiole]

PARIS AND VIENNE. The Thystorye of the Noble Ryght Valyaunt and Worthy Knyght Parys... From the Unique Copy Printed by William Caxton at Westminster in the Year MCCCCLXXXV. With a Preface, Glossary, and Notes. (London): Printed for the Roxburghe. Library. 1868. Sm. 4to. xii,100,(2)pp. With a folding collotype facsimile of a leaf from the original Caxton printing (STC 19206). Orig. brown calf over maroon cloth, gilt stamped spine. Extremities lightly rubbed. On the blank verso of the title leaf is the stamp, "Withdrawn by the Law Society." No other library markings. 4 page prospectus for "The Roxburghe Library" series, edited by John Russell Smith tipped in at front hinge. Edition limited to 170 copies, so stated in the prospectus.    $250.00 (trade discount allowed)
This fine series of reprints of rare Elizabethan texts maintains the original spelling.

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