Bound: Modern English Bindings
Author: Ford, Richard
Year Published: 1845
Reference: Richard Ford (1796-1858). [Hand book for Travellers in Spain] [London? 1845?]. 768 p. 19.5 x 13.5 cm.
Description: The suppressed edition of which only twenty copies are known to survive.
Bound in blue morocco with triple or French gilt fillet border on covers. Raised spine bands. Gilt title and ornaments on spine. Gilt decorative roll on turn-ins.
Signed binding. Tooled in gilt: Bound by Rivière & Son.
Gift: Charles Deering
Catalog Record: http://129.171.32.28/search/o?SEARCH=+37861388|





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