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The great book-collectors / by Charles Isaac Elton & Mary Augusta Elton

1893
Not on view
Series: Books about books. Large paper edition. Limited edition of 150 copies printed on Dutch handmade paper. Watson Library stacks copy is no. 60 of 150 copies and has bookplate of Jayne Wrightsman

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Object Information
  • Title: The great book-collectors / by Charles Isaac Elton & Mary Augusta Elton
  • Author: Charles Isaac Elton (1839–1900)
  • Author: Mary Augusta Elton (1838–1914)
  • Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd.
  • Date: 1893
  • Geography: London, England
  • Dimensions: vi, 228 pages, [9] leaves of plates: illustrations, portraits; Height: 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
  • Object Number: Z989.A1 E45 1893

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