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AMÉRIQUE, AUTOGRAPHES, LIVRES, DOCUMENTS HISTORIQUES.
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- Paris : F. Roux-Devillas n.d. (circa 1962)
- small 4to.
- later cloth with original paper wrappers bound-in, later typed paper spine label.
- 100 pages.
- Order Nr. 107475
- Price: $ 35.00
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Illustrated bookseller's catalogue. Loosely inserted in this copy is a commemorative bookplate stating that the book came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. Note in pen on front cover of catalogue "I ordered 7947 per cable. ask for confirmation. Please follow wp. by letter." Later paper spine label is worn along edges.
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> PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS PRINTED BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF ROBERT A. HEFNER III, AMERICANA FROM THE FORBES MAGAZINE COLLECTION.
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MANUSCRIPTS, INSCRIPTIONS AND MUNIMENTS, ORIENTAL, CLASSI...
by Williams, Henry Smith
Complete with all 227 plates (numbered 1-203 with extras being "a" and "b" plates). The first volume is the Oriental Series and includes Egyptian and Assyrian, other scripts of Asia and the ancient Meximan writing of America; the second is the Classical Series and includes examples of the origin and the development of the Greek and Latin scripts; the third is the Medieval Series and includes illuminated books, Bible manuscripts, and historical documents; the fourth demonstrates illuminated manuscripts of the Orient, and autograph writings of modern times. Each large volume has a number of separate folders with text describing the contents loosely inserted. Each plate is accompanied by a text page. Edges of pages chipped; foxed throughout.
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