Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries

by One Of Two Proofs, Edward Heawood

$1,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. One of two proof copies bound by the publisher the published edition being 300 numbered copies . Reproduces over 4000 watermarks in actual size on 536 plates. Frontispiece portrait. Publisher's invoice and series prospectus laid in. 1 vols. Folio. Original dark blue cloth gilt. Item #324310 The first work of the Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historium Illustrata series.

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