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CARLYLE, Thomas (1795-1881). Past and Present. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843. 8° (195 x 118mm).
Half-title. Cosway-style binding in 20th-century brown morocco gilt by Bayntun (Riviere), upper cover with inset original oval portrait miniature of the author, the miniature surrounded by a single gilt fillet, all within an outer border with elaborate semi-stylized cornerpieces of roses and foliage and small dots, linked by a single fillet, the lower cover with a similar outer, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third, the others with a repeat design of a rose spray within a border of fillets and leaves at each corner, gilt turn-ins, marbled-paper endleaves, gilt edges. FIRST EDITION. Dyer p.201.
Half-title. Cosway-style binding in 20th-century brown morocco gilt by Bayntun (Riviere), upper cover with inset original oval portrait miniature of the author, the miniature surrounded by a single gilt fillet, all within an outer border with elaborate semi-stylized cornerpieces of roses and foliage and small dots, linked by a single fillet, the lower cover with a similar outer, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third, the others with a repeat design of a rose spray within a border of fillets and leaves at each corner, gilt turn-ins, marbled-paper endleaves, gilt edges. FIRST EDITION. Dyer p.201.
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