Title: 1803 First Edition: History of the Empire of Germany (Vol 17) - William Mavor

Author: William Fordyce Mavor, LL.D.

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Publisher: Richard Phillips

Date Published: 1803

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Fair

Jacket Condition: N/A

Type: Book

Language: English

Seller SKU: 0107489

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Description

Richard Phillips; 1803. 1803 First Edition: History of the Empire of Germany (Vol 17) - Universal History- William Mavor St Catharine's College, Cambridge Provenance by William Fordyce Mavor, LL.D. The hardcover binding is a distinctive period quarter-leather binding. Red burgundy leather spine featuring gilt lettering and the number "17". Sides are finished in traditional patterned/marbled paper boards. Paper to boards are severely rubbed and the leather to spine very rubbed with pieces missing. Corners are very rubbed and bent. Plain end papers. Page edges are untrimmed hand-cut (deckle) paper edges. Internally there is a clean, black-and-white frontispiece engraving depicting the deposition of Emperor Henry IV. Inside text pages are tight and clean. There is a neat ink inscription on the title page some of which reads "Cath Cant Soc", tracking this volume's provenance to the library collection of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. This is a rare to find volume. See photographs for more details. Preowned. No ISBN.