Carte White Knights Library Robert Harding Evans

White Knights Library

Catalogue of that Distinguished and Celebrated Library Which Will Be Sold by Auction

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The dispersal of the library amassed by George Spencer-Churchill (1766–1840), Marquess of Blandford...

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Limbă
engleză
Legare
Carte - Carte broșată
Publicat
2014
Pagini
242
EAN
9781108065986
ISBN
1108065988
Enbook ID
02090448
Greutate
360
Dimensiuni
152 x 229 x 14

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The dispersal of the library amassed by George Spencer-Churchill (1766–1840), Marquess of Blandford and later fifth Duke of Malborough, is most commonly cited today as a preservative against folly. The collection contained some of the most sought-after incunabula of a period defined by the high prices paid for early printed books. It included a fine selection of Caxtons, spectacular botanical and emblem books, and the iconic Valdarfer Boccaccio – the first edition of the Decameron, purchased by Blandford in 1812 for the unprecedented sum of

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