History of the Illustrated Book, The - The Western Tradition

Harthan, John

Hardcover. London, Thames and Hudson, First Edition, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 288 pages. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt decoration to cover, gilt titles to spine. Profusely illustrated, 465 illustrations, 33 in full color. Frontis illustration in bw, Gustave Dore, Don Quixote reads a novel of chivalry, Miguel de Cervantes, Paris, 1863. Ex lib. related markings to preliminary pages, bookplate to front end. Dime sized stain to lower right edge, with light small moisture mark to preliminary pages. Dust jacket sunfaded to spine. Clean & unmarked. A very nice copy.

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