The book: Attractive early edition of The Lamplighter -- a sentimental novel written by Maria Susanna Cummins and published in 1854
The book: The Laxdæla Saga is one of the most important Icelandic sagas
-- a monastic order successively protected by the Plantagenets and then by the Capetian House of Bourbon
small stain on the outer lower corner of the last pages of book 3 without affecting the text - as shown
adding a charming visual element to the story
1767 Rare Latin Book - Novum Jesu-Christi Testamentum - New Testament with a Map. Rare book The book: Attractive early edition(Description) Author: N A. Title: Novum Jesu Christi Testamentum, Ad Exemplar Vaticanum accurate revisum. Publisher: Parisiis, Typis Barbou, via Mathurensium, 1767. Language: Text in Latin. Size: 6" X 3. 5". Pages: iv 572 pages. Binding: Good full mottled calf leather binding with gilt floral motifs along the spine, and the title Novum Testamentum in gilt (hinges tight, overall worn, chipped, and scuffed as shown) under a protective removable mylar