Hortensius: Or, the Advocate. An Historical essay. By William Forsyth, Esq. M.A. London; John Murray; 1849.
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Provenance:
Prize bookplate and gilt crest (on front board) of the Royal School of Grantham. The bookplate is inscribed "distribution of prizes, June 20th, 1865. Charley Frederick Gridlestine (?) ? ? Class. Prize for examination, midsummer, 1865. Francis ? M.A. Examiner."
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Sticker of Lawrence Ridge, Bookseller, Stationer, Printer, Lithographer, and Bookbinder, Grantham.
Size: 130 x 200 x 35 mm (approx.)
Condition:
Spine with minor superficial scratches. Tooled label present. Both boards securely attached with minor wear to joints and hinges; front joint starting. Boards with superficial scratches, rubbing, and discolouration. Shelf and edge wear. Dulling to page edges. Bookplate and binder's sticker attached to front pastedown. Frontispiece very lightly transferred onto page opposite. Text block very clean with light toning to edges and very sporadic very minor foxing.
