Order Nr. 76169 UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MANUSCRIPTS : FAC-SIMILES FROM ORIGINALS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS, BRITISH MUSEUM, OF ROYAL, HISTORIC AND DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS, LETTERS AND AUTOGRAPHS OF KINGS, QUEENS, PRINCES, STATESMEN, GENERALS, AUTHORS, ETC. WITH DESCRIPTIONS, EDITORIAL NOTES, REFERENCES AND TRANSLATIONS. Sir George F. Warner, Stanislaus Murray Hamilton.

UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MANUSCRIPTS : FAC-SIMILES FROM ORIGINALS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS, BRITISH MUSEUM, OF ROYAL, HISTORIC AND DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS, LETTERS AND AUTOGRAPHS OF KINGS, QUEENS, PRINCES, STATESMEN, GENERALS, AUTHORS, ETC. WITH DESCRIPTIONS, EDITORIAL NOTES, REFERENCES AND TRANSLATIONS.

  • Washington and London: M. Walter Dunne, n.d. (early 20th century).
  • folio.
  • cloth, pages bound with rivits .
  • 155 pages with 75 facsimiles.

Price: $75.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 76169

Abridged one volume edition. Contains 75 of the 150 facsimiles issued in the 2 v. edition published in 1901, which was an unauthorized reproduction of the "Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of manuscripts, British Museum," London, 1895-99. cf. Library Journal, 1901, v. 26, p. 376. "Special introduction" not included in this edition. Loose in binding with rear hinge torn. 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.