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Author: DAVENPORT, Cyril
Published by: Seeley & Co., (London,1896)
8vo. title, 95p. Illust. viii col. plates with tissue guards, 27 in-text mono plates. A volume of ‘The Portfolio’ incorporating – ‘Richmond on Thames’ and ‘Greek Bronzes’, both 1896. Plumb cloth, gilt.
Fine chromo-lithographic plates of important Royal bindings and text by Davenport of the British Museum. Fine.
Cat. ref. 148
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