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Sale 492: Fine & Rare Books (#492) 11/08/2012 11:00 AM PST Closed
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Lot #12 Un Mazzetto Scelto di Certi Fioretti del Glorioso Poverllo di Cristo San Francesco di Assisi Insieme col Cantico al sole del Medesimo

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$625

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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(Ashendene Press)

Title:

Un Mazzetto Scelto di Certi Fioretti del Glorioso Poverllo di Cristo San Francesco di Assisi Insieme col Cantico al sole del Medesimo

Author:

St. Francis

Place Published:

Chelsea

Publisher:

Ashendene Press

Date Published:

1904

Description:

[4], 40 pp. 10 woodcuts by W. H. Hooper after drawings by Charles M. Gere. (4to) 29.5x21.5 cm. (11¾x8½") finely bound in full brown morocco. elaborately stamped in gilt and black, spine gilt, black morocco labels, top edge gilt, wide gilt dentelles. Binding by Zaehnsdorf. One of 150 copies on paper from an edition of 175 copies.

There were an additional 25 copies on vellum. Bookplate of Robert Basil Hoare.

Condition:

Slight bend to bindings, some wear and staining, long drip mark to front endpapers; small dampstain at head of a few pages at front and rear; very good.

Item#:

230868

Headline:

Rare Ashendene printing of Saint Francis
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