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FRANKLIN, Alfred (1830-1917), librarian of the Mazarine). Histoire de la Bibliothèque de Saint-Victor à Paris d'après des documents inédits. Paris: Bonaventure, Ducessois et Cie. for Auguste Aubry, 31st December 1864-1865.
8o (197 x 125 mm). PRINTED ON VELLUM, one of 3 copies. Title in red and black. Red morocco gilt by Alain Devauchelle for B.H. Breslauer, edges uncut. Matching slipcase. Provenance: James W. Ellsworth (1849-1925, owner of a Gutenberg Bible, now Scheide's, and of the four Shakespeare folios), bookplate, sold his collection to Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach.
This first edition was limited to 300 copies, of which this is ONE OF THREE COPIES ON VELLUM.
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This first edition was limited to 300 copies, of which this is ONE OF THREE COPIES ON VELLUM.