Francis the First

by Fine Binding - Cosway style, Bayntum-Riviere, Francis Hackett

$6,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition · Signed

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1934. First edition. Octavo 8 5/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 212 x 133 mm. . x , 1 -479, 1, blank pp. Sixteeen photogravure plates. Bound by Bayntun Rivière Bath ca. 1948 stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in in full wine red crushed levant morocco over beveled boards. Covers with elaborate floral design corner-pieces. Front cover with an oval border of gilt

• Binding: Leather

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