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The Rise of the Dutch Republic : A History : Complete in 1 volume.
Motley, John Lothrop · London
- Author
- Motley, John Lothrop
- Date
- 1876
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Large 12mo. Full blue polished calf, spine with 5 raised gilt accented compartments, 1 maroon label and 5 very heavily gilt accented panels. Covers with parallel gilt rule. Matching marbled page edges and endpapers.
- Format
- Prize from Ladies' College, Guernsey 1877 on front marble pastdownThere is NO Coat of Arm on the cover.
- Category
- History & Americana
- Record
- S.I.3655
"The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History" by John Lothrop Motley, published in London by George Routledge and Sons in 1876. Complete in one volume, this important historical work chronicles the rise of the Dutch Republic and the struggle for Dutch independence, offering a detailed account of one of the formative periods in European history.
Large 12mo. Bound in full blue polished calf with five raised gilt-accented spine compartments, one maroon label, and five heavily gilt-decorated panels. Covers feature parallel gilt rules, with matching marbled page edges and marbled endpapers. Corners are bumped and rubbed. The hinges along the spine are rubbed, with cracking through the middle of the spine and across the raised gilt borders of the compartments. Chipping and rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine.
A particularly interesting provenance note appears on the front marbled pastedown: Prize from Ladies' College, Guernsey, 1877. Please note that there is no coat of arms on the cover.
Condition
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