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A BOOK BOUND FOR MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, BEING A DESCRIPTION OF THE BINDING OF A COPY OF THE GEOGRAPHIA OF PTOLEMY PRINTED AT ROME, 1490, WITH NOTES ON OTHER BOOKS BEARING QUEEN MARY'S INSIGNIA.
Barwick, George F.

- London : Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press 1901 - 4to. - later cloth, with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. - 27+(1) pages. - Order Nr. 87156 - Price: $ 70.00

Describes the binding and the binder and lists other books in the Queen's library. Illustrated with three plates in full color showing a reduced copy of the binding, the illuminated first page, and the center of the binding (Full size). Covers rubbed.

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