[Fine Binding | Macdonald] Modern and Antique Gems Private Press A Modern Specimen of Parchment

A Modern Specimen of Parchment

The earliest account of this journey

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NY: William Edwin Rudge

[Fine Binding | Macdonald] Modern and Antique Gems Private Press A Modern Specimen of ParchmentKnight, Frederick (compiler). Knights Modern and Antique Gems. London: T. Griffiths, 1828. With engraved title page (The Triumph of Love) and 85 engraved plates depicting antique and modern cameos, intaglios, and gem designs, followed by an appendix of English, French, Irish, and Scotch mottos. Bound in full dark red crushed morocco by Macdonald of New York (stamp signed at rear turn in), the covers framed in dual gilt rules with a central panel, each