Item #20492 The Rothschild Library: A Catalogue of the Collection of Eighteenth-Century Printed Books and Manuscripts Formed by Lord Rothschild

The Rothschild Library: A Catalogue of the Collection of Eighteenth-Century Printed Books and Manuscripts Formed by Lord Rothschild

Cambridge: Privately Printed at the University Press, 1954.

First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes, illustrated, in original two-toned cloth. Light foxing to endpapers, spines lightly sunned, very mild skew to spine of Volume I; very good. Small label of Douglas C. Ewing on front pastedown of each volume. Original edition of "one of the finest private library catalogues ever published" (Christies). Rothschild's collection of eighteenth century works included Baskerville, Strawberry Hill, and Foulis Press publications and many fine English, Scottish, and Irish bindings. Due to weight, additional postage will be requested for priority or international orders.

Item #20492

Price: $275.00

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