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Shoberl

THE WORLD IN MINIATURE; THE NETHERLANDS; Containing a Description of the Character, Manners, Habits, and Costumes of the Inhabitants of the Late Seven United Provinces, Flanders, and Brabant

R. Ackermann, 1823

675,00 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, États-Unis d'Amérique)

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Détails

Année
1823
Lieu d'édition
London
Auteur
Shoberl
Éditeurs
R. Ackermann
Edition
First edition. A COPY WITH FINE PROVENANCE, FROM THE DOHENY
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

First edition. A COPY WITH FINE PROVENANCE, FROM THE DOHENY COLLECTION WITH THE FINE MOROCCO LABEL GILT OF ESTELLE DOHENY AT THE PASTEDOWN. Illustrated with eighteen hand colored engraved plates. 12mo, in the scarce original boards backed in red cloth, the spine with a printed paper label, untrimmed pages, now housed in a handsome morocco-backed clamshell box. ix, 241. A very fine copy, the original boards and paper label all well preserved.

Edizione: very scarce in original boards, and this copy from one of the finest american private libraries ever assembled, it is also an outstanding copy with fine and clear impressions and colouring, and in wonderful condition. ackermann was one of the leading publishers of colourplate in england. his "world in miniature" series was edited by shoberl who also contributed artwork for it. featuring peoples from many cultures, the purpose of these charming works was "to increase the store of knowledge concerning the various branches of the great family of man."
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