[Fine Binding | Macdonald] Modern and Antique Gems Private Press Toning to boards

Toning to boards

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Bound in full dark brown crushed morocco by W

translated by Edgar Prestage

Bound by Riviere & Son in dark green crushed morocco

[Fine Binding | Macdonald] Modern and Antique Gems Private Press Toning to boardsKnight, Frederick (compiler). Knights Modern and Antique Gems. London: T. Griffiths, 1828. With engraved title page (The Triumph of Love) and 85 engraved plates depicting antique and modern cameos, intaglios, and gem designs, followed by an appendix of English, French, Irish, and Scotch mottos. Bound in full dark red crushed morocco by Macdonald of New York (stamp signed at rear turn in), the covers framed in dual gilt rules with a central panel, each