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Lot 330
Sale 5792 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jan 30, 2020
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[Fine Bindings] [Jonson, Ben] Gifford, W. (editor) The Works of Ben Jonson…
(London): Printed for G. and W. Nicol, et al., 1816. In nine volumes. Portrait frontispiece in first volume. Bound in full tan calf with decorative gilt tooling, red and blue morocco spine labels, tear in leather in top panel of spine on first volume; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; by F. Bedford. Tide mark to first volume affecting bottom half inch of binding, frontispiece, the plate bound in between pp. cclx and cclxi, and sporadically to text; very light occasional foxing to text of remaining volumes, mostly to prelims. A handsome set.