£50 - £70
Bindings & Bibliophily. Auction catalogue: Messrs Sotheby & Co:~ Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books and Fine Bindings, from the Celebrated Collection: The Property of Major J.R. Abbey, [Part I], June 1965, colour frontispiece, further monochrome plates and in-text illustrations, tipped-in errata, loosely-inserted prices and buyers' names, finely bound in contemporaneous brown calf gilt over marbled boards, 4to; Bouchot (Henri), Les Ex-Libris, et Les Marques de Possession du Livre, first edition, copy no. 673/750, Paris: Édouard Rouveyre, Éditeur, 1891, additional pictorial title, 104, [4]pp, lithographed illustrations, finely bound in English quarter-vellum gilt over marbled boards by Birdsall & Son, Northampton, signed ffep, top-edge gilt, others trimmed, marbled endpapers, 12mo in 6s, (2)
Provenance: 2nd: 1) Isambard Kingdom Brunel Junior (1837-1902); bookplate. 2) Peter Summers, FSA; Reynolds Stone calligraphic book label. 3) Peter Lionel Allpress (1922-2014); armorial bookplate.
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