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MURS (The) of the Early Ages, or The School of...

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MURS (The) of the Early Ages, or The School of Antiquity. Paris, Janet, [1792]. In-12, border drawn by an embroidery of golden sticks arranged in a herringbone pattern, white stone in umbilicals, (many disappeared), covering the gouache plates showing a couple of lovers on the first plate, a family with a child on the second, lining of tabis with mirror and bellows, gilt edges (Binding of the period). Partly engraved almanac, decorated with an engraved title and 12 finely coloured engravings. Paints a little rubbed. Missing stones and embroidered ornaments on the back.