Title: 1869 Maintenon Biography, College de Montreal 1876 Binding and Prize Bookplate
Author: RP Mercier
Publisher: Librarie Jacques Lecoffre
Publication Date: 1869
Type: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Notes: Good red boards with red leather spine and gilt lettering along spine and cover. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked except for Latin prize bookplate, writing on a blank front endpaper, drawing on back endpaper and writing on the side page edge. No dust jacket. 279 pp. 4 raised bumps on spine, marbled paste downs, FEP browning from age, stain on cover, text in French, wear on corners. 7 years after its printing, this volume was specially bound and awarded as an academic prize at the College de Montreal. It features a Latin Prize bookplate awarded to John O'Connel signed by Father Jules-Claude Delavigne. Sku: 045155
