BERALDI, Henri. La Reliure du XIXe Siècle, Paris: L. Conquet, 1895-97, 4 volumes, 4°, number 56 of 295 copies, 281 plain, tinted and coloured plates of bindings only (of 283, lacking 2 plates from the first volume), 2 plates of portraits and 12 plates of facsimile letters and invoices (titles ink-stamped), mixed set in maroon library cloth (volume I chipped at head and tail of spine with loss). [Breslauer, The Uses of Bookbinding Literature, p. 26: "Its lively anecdotal style makes it a splendid read"] (4)