Illustrated catalogue of the valuable library formed by the late , . of the GrolierClub tooled in gold on sides, a device of tobacco leaves and pipesinlaid in green morocco on corners, vellum doublure on which isstamped in gold the Fairfax coat-of-arms, vellum flies, gilt top,uncut, by Stikeman. 801 GROLIER CLUB PUBLICATIONS. The Catalogue of Books from the Libraries OR Collections of Celebrated Bibliophiles and Illus-trious Persons of the Past with Arms or Devices uponthe Bindings. Exhibited at the Grolier Club in the monthof January, 4to. New York: Published by theGr
Illustrated catalogue of the valuable library formed by the late , . of the GrolierClub tooled in gold on sides, a device of tobacco leaves and pipesinlaid in green morocco on corners, vellum doublure on which isstamped in gold the Fairfax coat-of-arms, vellum flies, gilt top,uncut, by Stikeman. 801 GROLIER CLUB PUBLICATIONS. The Catalogue of Books from the Libraries OR Collections of Celebrated Bibliophiles and Illus-trious Persons of the Past with Arms or Devices uponthe Bindings. Exhibited at the Grolier Club in the monthof January, 4to. New York: Published by theGrolier Club. 1895. Vellum Copy, one of three copies printed on vellum, with 24reproductions in black and white of l)ook covers bearing the rarerhistoric arms. Full brown crushed levant morocco, decorated with a border of filleted lines and little circles, back tooled with a leaf design, 1 doublure of brown crushed levant morocco, beautifully tooled with graceful scrolls of a leaf pattern which entirely covers the surface, vellum flies, edges gilt on the rough, by the Doves 298. Matthews: Bookbinding. Vellum CopyBound by Zaehnsdorf 802 GROLIER CLUB PUBLICATIONS. DONNE, John. The Poems of John Donne. From the text of the Edition of 1633. Revised by JamesRussell Lowell. With the various readings of the othereditions of the seventeenth century, and with a preface, andintroduction, and notes, by Charles Eliot Norton. : The Grolier Club. 1895. Two Volumes. Vellum Copy, one of three copies printed on vellum. Full light brown crushed levant morocco, with honeysuckleblossoms inlaid in white levant, with cursing lines, gold-tooled, onthe covers, doublure and flies of red crushed levant, gilt top, uncut,by Morrell. 303 GROLIER CLUB PUBLICATIONS. CARLYLE, Thomas. Two Note Books of Thomas Carlyle. From 23*^ March, 1822, to le May,1832. Edited by Charles EKot Norton. 8vo. New York:The Grolier Chih. 1898. Vellum Copy, one of three copies printed on vellum, withportraits
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