Marche

1884 · réf. 46812 — Paris: A. Quantin 1884. First edition. Hardcover. g- to g. Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/2". 357 3pp. Contemporary 3/4 olive morocco over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering to spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Front free endpaper inscribed and signed by the author. Decorative half-title. With this work French archivist and historian Albert Lecoy de la Marche brings the reader a rather fascinating history of the manuscript book from its origins until Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press. Binding rubbed along edges. Pages age-toned throughout. Ex-library copy with stickers at tail of spine and upper front joint; bookplate on inside of front cover pocket at rear and stamp at top and bottom paper edges. Text in French. Binding in overall good- interior in good condition. A. Quantin hardcover books