Album Palaeographicum: Tabulae LIV Selectae ex Cunctis iam Editus Tomis Codicum Graecorum et Latinorum
Leiden, Netherlands: A.W. Sijthoff, 1909. Original. Hardbound. Grey paper/boards; black lettering. xxxvi, followed by 54 photographic reproductions. Actual contents clean, bright and tight. Front cover detached but present and with a few spots; spine missing. College ex-lib. copy with stamps to all outer paged edges. Plates 41-44 (two leaves) have 1-inch split at fore edges. Corners bumped. Item #105778.1
Text is entirely in Latin. An album of 54 plates/tables from Greek and Latin manuscripts. Paleography is the study of handwriting. De Vries was Librarian at the Leiden Library until the time of his death in 1937. He was known for his facsimile editions of the Classics.
Price: $100.00