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LEIDEN -- MIERIS, F. v. Beschryving der stad Leyden. Met een Byvoegzel verm. en uitgegeeven d. D. v. Alphen. Leyden, Honkoop & Van Hoogeveen, 1762-84. 3 vols. (20), 362, 90; (4), xxvi, (2), 24, -363-860, 68, 78; (4), viii, -865-1137, 106 pp. W. 3 engr. ti-vign., dedic. engr., 1 fold. plan, 14 views on 7 plates, 16 engr. plates (some (lge-)fold.), partly by A. Delfos after J. de Beyer. Fol. Beautiful early 20th c. full vellum w. gilt lettering, top edges gilt, uncut. (Slightly foxed in places, else a good set).
Nijhoff/v. Hattum 201; Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 338i. - From 'Bibliotheca Lindesiana' (=The Crawford Library), library of early books about philately formed between 1898 and 1913 by James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford. By the time of his death in 1913, Crawford was thought to have amassed the greatest philatelic library of his time.€ 800
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