ID 859617
Lot 39 | For the Preservation of Books and Archives
Estimate value
$ 1 500 – 2 500
First edition of this argument toward a national library and archive. From the collection of diamond merchant and bibliophile Albert Ehrman, who assembled the Broxbourne. Wing E1780.
Quarto. (Some staining and a little fraying at margins, final leaf with repaired tear across text and two words in facsimile, page numbers just shaved.) Modern quarter morocco. Provenance: shelfmark to title page – Albert Ehrman, 1890-1969 (bookplate to pastedown).
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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