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Auction #131 begins on 21 May 2026

Mignet (Francois-Auguste)

THE HISTORY OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Published: Richard Bentley, London, 1863

Edition: Fourth edition

Reserve: $80

Approximately:

Estimate: $220-260

Bidding opens: 21 May 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 28 May 16:30 GMT

Ships from: Ireland

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1 volume. Fourth Edition Prize Calf Binding 1863.

Translated from the French by Andrew R. Scoble.

Full-calf leather prize bindings by J. Griffin, Portsea.

Gilt lineal borders to covers.

Morocco title to spine.

Raised gilt bands.

Decorative gilt panels.

Marbled endpapers and page-blocks.

Bookplate on the inside cover.

xii, 466 pages.

Frontispiece portrait plate.

Title vignette.

I engraved portrait plates.

A lovely copy of a scarce edition.

Recorded shipping weight 1000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 19 x 13 cm


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