BICKELL, Ludwig (1838-1901). Bookbindings from the Hessian Historical Exhibition Illustrating the Art of Binding from the XVth to the XVIIIth Centuries. Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1893.

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BICKELL, Ludwig (1838-1901). Bookbindings from the Hessian Historical Exhibition Illustrating the Art of Binding from the XVth to the XVIIIth Centuries. Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1893.

2o (470 x 332 mm). 53 heliotype plates on 42 mounts. Later green quarter morocco, top edge gilt.

LIMITED EDITION, number 27 of 100 copies of the English translation of the original German edition, published the previous year. "A new edition will not appear, the plates have been destroyed and the type distributed.

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