Lot n° 2

HEAWOOD, Edward.- Watermarks mainly of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Estimation : 400 / 500
Adjudication : 300 €
Description
Hilversum, the Paper publications Society, (july) 1950. Large in-4°; tipped-in front. and 533 pl. Sewed. In a box. FIRST EDITION abundantly illustrated. First volume (of 3) of the collection "Monumenta chartae papyraceae historiam illustrantia" dealing with the history of paper edited by E.J. Labarre. Issued to 300 copies (n° 290).
Provenance : Jacques Van Houtum (handwritten mention).
JOINT : (1 & 2). 2 publications of Bé Van Ginneken Van de Kasteel offered to Van Houtum (?) (Amst., The Paper publications Society, in-f°, sewed) : Addenda and corrigenda of the previous work. 1970,- The Paper publications Society [...]. A brief historical account. 1994. With the portrait of the director Labarre.-- (3). 4 documents : reproduced bibliographical list by Bé and a ms. note from Cl. Ekeroth to H. Voorn about a pair of included watermarks.
Édition originale de cet ouvr. sur les filigranes des 17e et 18e s. surtout. In-4° br. Avec 2 publications et 4 doc. joints.
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