Bourget Dom John (2 results)

Half-Leather+marble. Condition: Very Good for Age. Dust Jacket Condition: Leather Case, No Jacket. Leather Edition. Sm crown half leather and marble, professionally respined with most of orig. spine laid down, yellow edges, viii+140 pp. with one of the two fold out plates present, some gutter margin damp staining, bad on only a few pp. incl. the plate. A rare first edition of the first English translation of the history of a famous French Abbey near Rouen in Normandy. Size: Sm Crown. One Folding Plate (?of 2) (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st English Edition. Hardback, full textured mottled calf, with gilt decorative border to boards, by Zaehnsdorf. Gilt titles and decoration to spine. Marbled edges and end-papers. 18cm x 12cm. viii, 140pp. Complete with 2 folding plates. 1st English edition 1779. Slightest wear to binding. A charming gilt decorative leather bookplate of W. A. Foyle to front pastedown. Title page darkened. Very minor spotting and the occasinal marginal annotation/underlining of text, but otherwise generally clean. A handsome copy. (al13). …