Cassell’s National Library
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- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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1886 HUGE 53v SET Ben Franklin Shakespeare Plutarch Voyages Classic Milton Bacon
An impressive and highly unique set of miniature books!
The Cassell National Library published an enormous collection of miniature books at the end of the 19th-century – hundreds of popular titles and topics. Some of the most notable works included in this 53-volume set include:
· Marco Polo, 'Voyages and Travels'
· Shakespeare, 'Henry VIII'
· Cowley, 'Essays'
· Samuel Pepys, 'Diary'
· Goethe, 'Sorrows of Werter'
· Benjamin Franklin works
· Plutarch, 'Lives'
o Julius Caesar
o Alexander the Great
· Martin Luther, 'Table Talk'
· Walton, 'Complete Angler'
Item number: #14735
Price: $1950
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Cassell's National Library
London: Cassell & Company, 1886.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 53 volumes
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Decorative cloth
· Size: ~5.75in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)
· Incredibly rare to find 53v together of this iconic series. Individual volumes regularly sell for more than $100-200 each.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14735
- Title
- Cassell’s National Library
- Author
- various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1886
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1886 HUGE 53v SET Ben Franklin Shakespeare Plutarch Voyages Classic Milton Baconrare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.