The Life of Charles Henry Count Hoyem Ambassador from Saxony-Poland to France and Eminent French Bibliophile 1694-1736. Written…for the Society of French Bibliophiles and translated into English for the Grolier club. With a sketch of the life of the late Baron Pichon.
New York: Grolier Club, 1899. One of 303 copies printed by De Vinne on handmade paper. This is the only edition binding done by the Club Bindery. Ten plates. Bottom edge and corners lightly worn. Still a very good copy. With the contemporary engraved bookplate of Grolier Club member E.C. Kennedy. Laid in is a 1917 announcement of the opening of the Grolier Club’s new quarters at 47 East Sixtieth Street, their current home. Also laid in is a 1919 announcement of the Club’s annual meeting and and exhibition of rare liturgical books. Bound by the Club Bindery in half maroon morocco over orange brocade silk. Large octavo (7 x 10 ”). 309 pp. Item #14186
Asaf, Members of the Grolier Club, 28.
Price: $450.00