BIBLIOPHILIA/BOOKBAND. HEDVIG ELEONORA'S RICHLY ILLUSTRATED DROTTNINGHOLM IN AN ELEGANT RED, RICHLY GILDED FULL MARBLE BRACELET BY GUSTAV HEDBERG- NO. 35 OUT OF 200 COPIES.

Description

Bibliophilia/Book Tapes. Böttiger, John, Curator of the King Art Collections, (1853-1936). Hedvig Eleonora's Drottningholm. Notes to the castle's older building history. New edition illustrated by Agi Lindegren, castle architect at Drottningholm. Printed at P. Palmquists AB, Stockholm, 1897. Large folio ï an elegant red full marble bracelet with gilt back text and gilt back cover and gilt binder frames with gilt decoration in the corners and with the Swedish coat of arms gilded centrally. Upper gold cut, gilded inner dentelles and marbled cover leaves. Bound by court bookbinder Gustaf Hedberg, Stockholm. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with portrait of Oscar II and 56 planks as well as a double-sided plan drawing. (X), 113 p. , (VII) + planscherna.
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Condition

The band with fairly light edge chafing. Fresh submission. An elegant piece of work.

Theme

April Book Auction