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Erasmus, his life and character, as shown in his correspondence and works
by Drummond, Robert Blackley (1833-1920)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Worcester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: London: Smith, Elder and Co., 15 Waterloo Place, 1873. 1st Edition . Full cloth. Very Good. First edition, two volumes, octavo; xi, [i], 413, 380pp. In original uniform publisher's brown buckram with gilt and blind decoration to spines and front boards, bindings lightly worn, original endpapers, volume one title page annotated with brief biographical details of the author, light spotting to opening and closing leaves of each volume otherwise clean and complete, with portrait frontispiece to volume one. Family association copy with the small ownership label of W.B. Drummond to each front pastedown. Attractive example in very good original state of this well researched study.
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- Bookseller
- Lyppard Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000382
- Title
- Erasmus, his life and character, as shown in his correspondence and works
- Author
- Drummond, Robert Blackley (1833-1920)
- Format/Binding
- Full cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Smith, Elder and Co., 15 Waterloo Place
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1873
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- erasmus drummond letters correspondence life
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian books; Antiquarian Classics and Renaissance; Antiquarian Theology;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Lyppard Books
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- Gilt
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