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PROPOSITIO JOHANNIS RUSSELL PRINTED BY WILLIAM CAXTON CIRCA A.D. 1476. REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE.

- Manchester and London : University Press and Bernard Quaritch, and Sherratt and Hughes 1909 - 8vo. - quarter vellum, cloth-covered boards. - 35, (9) pages. - ISBN none / Order Nr. 59209 - Price: $ 55.00

Facsimile of William Caxton's original printing reproduced here as book one of the John Rylands facsimile series. This book consists of an oration delivered by Russell on the occasion of his embassy in February 1470 to invest Charles the Bold with the Order of the Garter. Contains a new historical introduction by Henry Guppy along with a list of all works printed in this same "no.2" type. Some foxing of spine.

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SCHWEIZERISCHES KÜNSTLER-LEXIKON, HERAUSGEGEBEN MIT UNTER... by Brun, Carl Text in German. Complete set of this standard biographical work on Swiss artists and illustrators. The fourth volume was issued as a supplement to the other three. Loosely inserted is a commemorative book label, which indicates that this set came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus purchased by Oak Knoll Books at the auction sale.