Author: Maggs Brothers (London), firm of
Title: Catalogues 393, 395, 478, 484, 574, 796, 812, 910, and 914 [1920-1968]
Description: London, 1920-1968. orig. wrappers. various sizes. NINE VOLUMES. Weighs 4.3 kilos.. Some wear. Good. ¶ This is a collection of 9 catalogues issued by the antiquarian booksellers Maggs Bros. of London, ca. 1920-1968. Includes: no. 393: French Literature (Including Finely Illustrated Books) of the 17th - 20th Centuries and Armorial Bindings" [1920,148 pages + 18 plates; 919 items, Some wear.]; No.395: "Manuscripts, Incunables, Woodcut Books and Books from Early Presses" [1920; 372 pages + 40 plates, 1474 items; Some wear, chips & tears to spine]; No. 478: "Books on Printers and Printing, Bibliography, Manuscripts,. Bookbinding, With an Appendix of Beautiful Books from Famous Modern Presses" [1926, 284 pages + 16 plates; 1669 items; worn, Spine chipped]; No. 484 "Books Printed in France and French Books Printed in Other Countries from 1470 to 1700 A.D." [1926; 396 pages + 131 plates; 796 items]; No,. 574: "Curiouser and Curiouser: A Catalogue of Strange Books and Curious Titles" [1932; 220,(10) pages + 36 plates; 442 items]; No. 796:"French Literature Part I: A-M" [1950; 80pp, 379 items]; No. 812: " Centenary Catalogue" [1953, 179 pages; worn, corner bumps]; No. 910: " Voltaire: An Illustrated Catalogue of 18th Century Editions Together with a Few of Later Date and a Section of Voltaireana" [1967; 100 pages + 2 2 plates; 380 items]; No. 914: "Rousseau: An illustrated catalogue of works by & related to Jean-Jacques Rousseau" [Dec. 1968, 30pp + 8 plates].

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