Gothic & Renaissance Bookbindings. Exemplified and Illustrated from the Authors Collection [2 Vols. Compl.].

Black lether spine, blue cloth covered boards, title on original cloth label spine, title on paper label on frontcover, 1st printing, thick large 4to: Volume I. TEXT: frontispiece tipped-in, [xij], 370pp., introduction with some text-illustrations, 2 other plates, , catalogue of 268 described – with notes & references, list authors quated, index binders & booksellers’ names, index monastic binderies, index ciphers & initials, index subjects of panels – stamps – rolls, general index [incl. artists & owners. Volume II. PLATES: viij, [326]pp., 110 plates with photographs of bookcovers [98] and rubbings [over 100 items]. Fine complete set. Ernst Philip Goldschmidt [1887-1954].