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Richard Bentley, 1853. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1853. No Edition Stated. 416 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages have deckled edges. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Heavy liquid stains to title page and front endpaper. Occasional stains and marks throughout - text remains legible. A few dog-eared corners. Boards and spine are fresh and clean with minimal wear. Gilt is bright.
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Memoirs of Mary, the Young Duchess of Burgundy, and Her Contemporaries
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Memoirs of Mary, the young duchess of Burgundy, and her contemporaries
by Costello, Louisa Stuart (1799-1870)
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London : R. Bentley, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked blind-bordered cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi, 416p. ; 21cm. Subjects: Marie Duchess of Burgundy (1457-1482). Netherlands -- History -- House of Habsburg, (1477-1556).
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London: Richard Bentley, 1853. Fine Binding. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". Not Stated. A copy of this scarce work by Louisa Stuart Costello, in handsome binding by August De Decker-Lemaire from Ghent. A very comprehensive history of the Mary of Burgundy, who reigned over the Burgundian state, in modern day France, from 1477 until her unfortunate death in a riding accident at age twenty-five. Written by Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was an Anglo-Irish writer on travel and French history, said to have been born either in Ireland or Sussex.Including fourteen plates, one in colour. Collated and complete. Fully bound in August De Decker-Lemaire fine binding. August De Decker (Ghent, September 14, 1855 February 15, 1940) came from a Ghent bookbinder's family. By restoring an old leather binding in 1885 , he became acquainted with the technique of leather driving , a technique that had already been completely supplanted for book bindings in the fifteenth century by the easier technique of making…
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