90800 2023 Chicago This 111 page hard cover

This 111 page hard cover catalog gives the history and provenance of this particular copy of the Magna Carta (1297)

Intro & Notes by Austin Dobson

Top outer corner of the boards with chipped

Brock with an introduction by Alfred Ainger

This is a reduced version of the two-volume encyclopedia Olsen published in 2005

90800 2023 Chicago This 111 page hard coverFirst edition thus. Introduction by Joseph Jacobs. Chris Hammond illustrations throughout this beautiful late Victorian book. Hammond [1860 1900] is the first known female illustrator of Jane Austen novels. She and her sister both competed in a tough market with male illustrators. Blue cloth with gilt embossed decorations on front cover and spine, dark blue end pages, and edges gilt all around. Pages are clean. No previous owner marks. The book is