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[Auction catalogue].
The Michel Wittock Collection, Part 1: Important Renaissance Bookbindings. Wednesday 7 July 2004.
Published London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 2004.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Christie's International Media Division.
Size: 210x296x12mm.
Page count: 202pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good:some scuffs and ruffles on the covers, some wear at the edges and corners; the underside shows a bit of staining, and this extends inside the book on the lower edges of the early pages, up to around p. 20; the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.


This item £15.00
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within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 904g.

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Contents: catalogues 118 lots, emphasis generally late or post-medieval.

Illustrations: throughout, colour
Maps & plans: 1

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: Provenance; Binders.

[BML/auction]
[PC2]

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