Bibliomania in the Middle Ages
by Merryweather, F. Somner and Charles Orr
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG- (light age toning as expected for age but pages are otherwise very clean and clear. Binding is tight. Light water staining t
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Meyer Brothers & Company, 1900. 338/500. Hardcover. VG- (light age toning as expected for age but pages are otherwise very clean and clear. Binding is tight. Light water staining to bottom of pages and borders along rear pages. Several pages and inside rear covers have a library stamp. ). Bound in tan paper over boards with a tan cloth spine; white title block with black lettering on spine; xix, 322 pp; top edge gilt, untrimmed pages. "This edition is limited to 500 copies. This is No. 338 " A reprint of the 1849 edition. Half-title (title of original edition): Bibliomania in the middle ages, or Sketches of bookworms, collectors, Bible students, scribes, and illuminators, from the Anglo-Saxon and Norman periods to the introduction of printing into England, with anecdotes illustrating the history of the monastic libraries of Great Britain in the olden time...
Includes an introduction by Charles Orr.
Includes an introduction by Charles Orr.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 185302
- Title
- Bibliomania in the Middle Ages
- Author
- Merryweather, F. Somner and Charles Orr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (light age toning as expected for age but pages are otherwise very clean and clear. Binding is tight. Light water staining t
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 338/500
- Publisher
- Meyer Brothers & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Books and Manuscripts and Printing ; Book Collectors; Libraries ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books and Manuscripts and Printing;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Tight
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