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PEARSON & CO. -- Armorial Bindings from the Libraries of the Kings and Emperors of France from Francis I to Napoleon III. London: privately printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press for John Pearson & Co., 1902.
2o. 33 very fine colored plates. Original Roxburghe binding of light-brown quarter russia, green buckram sides, top edges gilt (some minor rubbing to joints and edges, a few scratches to sides). Provenance: John Roland Abbey (bookplate).
This lavishly produced catalogue was published by the antiquarian bookseller, John Pearson for J. Pierpont Morgan who had purchased the entire collection.
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This lavishly produced catalogue was published by the antiquarian bookseller, John Pearson for J. Pierpont Morgan who had purchased the entire collection.