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Lot 154
Sale 6115 - Books & Manuscripts
Sep 19, 2019
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[Architecture] Gibbs, James Bibliotheca Radcliviana: or, a Short Description of the Radcliffe Library, at Oxford...
London: Printed for the Author, 1747. First edition. Folio. Illustrated with an engraved portrait of Johannes Radcliffe and 21 engraved plates; lacking the frontispiece plate of Gibbs. Near-contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, front cover starting, rear cover separated, covers worn and rubbed, spine worn, one label starting and another lacking; stamped in blind and in gilt; edges stained yellow. Contemporary bookplate on front paste-down; later paste-downs and endpapers; later paste-down; scattered old mold residue and spotting; repair in upper margin of the prelims, portrait, and first three plates; small scattered reparis along bottom edge.