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Shelfmark	C68h15
Held By	BL
Country	England
Period	19c
Cover Material	Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc)
Decorative Technique	Tooled in gold; Onlaid
Style	Centrepiece made of small tools
Edges	Gilt
BookBinder	Holloway, Marseille M
Owner	Marjoribanks
Author
Title	Rhymes and Roundelayes in praise of a Country Life ... Second edition. bpp. 191. David Bogue: London, 1857. 4:o.
Place of Publication	London
Date of Publication	1857
References
Notes	Signed. Made for Marjoribanks, Baron Tweedmouth? Includes a manuscript letter from Bernard Quaritch dated 1889 and a manuscript letter from E Zaehnsdorf dated 1933 relating to the association between Zaehnsdorf and Holloway. With comb marbled endleaves. M. M. Holloway (engraver and bookbinder) died in 1897, his son in 1878.

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