Product Description
Near Fine.
First edition, 1877, quarto, bound in original leather and red publisher's cloth with ornate gilt decoration to spine and boards.
Gilt edges and decorative endpapers.
[4], IV, 612 pages, complete with all 13 full-page chromolithographic plates and numerous in-text illustrations.
Paul Lacroix's wide-ranging compilation addresses medieval medicine, early alchemy, linguistic traditions, geographic discoveries, heraldic customs, and folklore.
Columbus, Marco Polo, Albertus Magnus, and other seminal figures are profiled.
Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, a house noted for its quality printing and illustrated editions.
A sound binding and clean interior distinguish this example.
Rarely found complete in such condition with original gilt boards and bright chromolithographs.
#50023.
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