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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. A beautifully bound edition in full leather, featuring all edges gilt and elegant Riviere Binding (stamped on the first free endpaper). The cover displays fine gilt tooling, raised bands, and a leather label on the spine. Interior pages are clean, with only modest external wear consistent with age.
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The Wit and Sagacity of Dr. Johnson (In a Full Riviere Binding)
Published by Seeley & Co. Ltd, London
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Full leather. Condition: Near Fine. A lovely copy of "The Wit and Sagacity of Dr. Johnson", circa 1890-1900. Miniature, bound in a full navy-blue morocco, also around the turn-of-the-century, by Riviere (stamped by Riviere at the first blank endpaper as well). Beautiful gilt-tooling along the panel borders, 5 raised bands, leather author label, intricate, striking gilt-tooling within the compartents. Clean, very well-preserved and Near Fine. 64mo, all edges gilt. Color title page and frontispiece. "Passages from Dr. Samuel Johnson -- Selected and Arranged by Norman J. Davidson".
