[Bayntun Binding] Taine - History of English Literature (1877) Manuscripts A man of deep intellectual

A man of deep intellectual pursuits

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[Bayntun Binding] Taine - History of English Literature (1877) Manuscripts A man of deep intellectualH. A. Taine. History of English Literature. Translated from the French by H. Van Laun. London: Chatto & Windus, 1877. 4 Volumes (210 x 1450 mm). Bound by Bayntun in 3 4 brown Morocco leather with marbled boards and gilt embellishments. Marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, raised bands. Stewart Kidd Bookseller ticket on front fly leaf. Signed Bayntun Binder Bath, Eng. on bottom verso of fly leaf, Stewart Kidd on top verso of fly leaf. Printed on laid