de Rothschild, A., Notice on the origin of the uniform tax price...

SKU: 44232

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Year of publication:
1872
Cover:
half-leather
Book height:
15 to 18 cm (e.g. B6)
Language:
French

Condition: Used - Slight traces of ageing/usage
Price:
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Description

de Rothschild, A., Notice sur l´origine du prix uniforme de la taxe des lettres et sur la création des timbres-postes en Angleterre, Paris 1872, 83 pp., the rare and early postal history study on the postal reform by Rowland Hill in Great Britain, here the copy from the legendary library of the two Williams brothers with their bookplate, bound in red half-leather with book corners, very nice old binding in red half-leather with decorative marbling, leather corners, gold-edged head and embossed spine. The leather edges of the cover with heavy abrasion, see scans, otherwise only minor other signs of age and use. #44232

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