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TYPE SPECIMENS. FRY, STEELE, AND CO.
A Specimen of Printing Types, By Fry, Steele, and Co. Letter-Founders to the Prince of Wales, Type-Street.
Small 4to (250 x 155 mm), title with vignette, 2 ff. adverts, 126 ff. (i.e., 100ff. type specimens, 26 ff. ornaments, numbered 1-130) all printed on rectos only, printed on thick paper stock, 'Lepard' watermark, occasional spotting and turned corners, cont. calf, rubbed, joints cracked, black morocco spine label. The Fry's were a Bristol family, and Joseph Fry (1728-87) established the foundry at Bristol in 1764, in partnership with William Pine and Isaac Moore as manager and type-designer. By 1766 the foundry had moved to London, with Moore retiring in 1776 and Pine shortly after. In 1782 Fry took his sons Edmund (especially interested in exotic founts) and Henry into partnership, and made considerable purchases of Greeks and Orientals at the sale of James' foundry. Joseph retired in 1787 and in 1794 Isaac Steele joined as partner until 1808, when Edmund Fry was left in sloe control until he admitted his son to partnership. In 1829 the foundry was acquired by William Thorowgood. A very good copy of this extremely rare and substantial specimen book. Following an introduction, the specimens proceed from Ten line Pica to Diamond: 'the smallest Letter in the World. It gets in considerably more than the famous Dutch Diamond.' There are type in Hebrew and Greek, ornamental, Blacks, Exotics, Ships, Bands, frames, & decorative pieces composed of flowers continuing to a priced section of cast ornaments. This edition not listed by ESTC, Berry & Johnson and Mosley both cite the St. Bride copy only. Berry & Johnson, p. 46; Mosley, 122.
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ALDINE PRESS. RENOUARD (Antoine-Augustin)
Annales de l'Imprimerie des Alde ou Histoire des Trois Manuce et de Leurs Editions.
Second edition, 3 vols., royal 8vo (235 x 155 mm), large paper copy, [4], 425, [1]; [4], 434, [2]; xl, 420, [4]pp., with half-titles and engraved frontispiece portrait to first and second volumes as called for, 10 facsimile plates, 6 of which are double-page or folding, some occasional light spotting to text (mainly prelims), marbled endpapers, cont. red morocco, spines gilt extra, marbled boards, spines just slightly faded, uncut, t.e.g. an attractive set. This famous bibliography of the output of the Manutius family and their Aldine Press, 1494-1598, has remained the standard work on the subject and has been praised as a classic of its kind. Over 1,500 entries given. Provenance: From the library of Charles Butler (1821-1910), Warren Wood in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The majority of the library was sold at Sotheby's, London, on 5 April 1911.
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ROXBURGHE CLUB. WARNER (George Frederic Warner) & WILSON (Henry Austin) Editors.
The Benedictional of Saint ?thelwold, Bishop of Winchester 963-984. Reproduced in Facsimile from the Manuscript in the Library of the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. Edited with text and introduction by George Fredric Warner and Henry Austin Wilson.
Folio (374 x 275 mm), lx,[2], 56, [2], iv, [2]pp., with coloured frontispiece and 238 pages of collotype facsimile, half red morocco by Bayntun of Bath, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment lettered in gilt direct, t.e.g. uncut, a very nice copy. "The Benedictional is one of the most magnificent of the tenth-century English manuscripts; it had been one of the most important and most discussed exhibits at the Society of Antiquaries [Exhibition] in 1896, and its reproduction, and the introductions by Warner and Henry Wilson were a major event in the study of palaeography and liturgiology."?Barker. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Phythian-Adams. Barker, 156.
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BARBER (Giles)
Catalogue of Printed Books and Bookbindings: The James A. de Rothschild Bequest at Waddesdon Manor.
2 Vols., 4to (310 x 230 mm), 1162pp., handsomely printed and illustrated in colour and black-and-white, orig. cloth, d.w. As new. The first volume provides introductory surveys on the collecting of ancient r?gime books and Baron Ferdinand's interests. The following chapters discuss the late 17th and 18th century Parisian bookbinding trade, with particular studies on the style and production of leading bookbinders, Padeloup, Douceur, the Deromes and others. The provenance index records past owners, with brief biographical notes, and there is a select bibliography. The classified index of over 1000 French bookbinder's tools, reproduced digitally in actual size, provides an authoritative reference file on the best French bookbinding of the period.
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MAGGS BROS.
A Catalogue of Maggs Catalogues 1918 to 1968. Catalogue 918.
Frontis., 59pp., 17 plates, orig. printed wrappers.
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THE BAY PSALM BOOK.
The Crowninshield-Stens-Brinley-Vanderbilt-Whitney Copy of the Bay Psalm Book. [Sold by Public Auction]... [Together with a "Census of Recorded Copies of The Bay Psalm Book."].
4to, frontis., 6 facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers.
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HAZEN (A. T.)
A Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press. With a Record of the Prices at which Copies have been Sold Including a New Supplement. Together with a Bibliography and Census of the Detached Pieces by A. T. Hazen and J. P. Kirby.
4to, 300pp., frontis., facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w. slightly torn.
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McBURNEY (William Harlin) Compiler.
A Check-List of English Prose Fiction 1700-1739.
First edition, x, 154pp., orig. cloth, d.w.
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GIBSON (Strickland)
A Bibliography of Francis Kirkman with his Prefaces, Dedications, and Commendations (1652-80).
4to, [ii], 49-148pp., frontis., 1 plate, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series Vol. I, Fascicule ii.
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PRIESTLEY (Richard)
[A catalogue of books, for 1812 : To be sold at the prices affixed to each article By R. Priestley.]
8vo, [2, index], 396pp., lacks title-page, bound in green cloth-backed boards.
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REED (George Edward) & CHISOLM (William Wallace)
Catalogue of Law Books of the Pennsylvania State Library.
Thick 4to, [14], 963pp., frontispiece showing the library building, a very good ex-library copy, cont. half calf, lacks spine, covers detached.
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ROBINSON (William H.)
Catalogue of Extremely Rare and Important Printed Books and Ancient Manuscripts. Offered for Sale by William H. Robinson Ltd. Catalogue 77.
4to, x, 11-189, [1], cxci-cxcxpp., frontis., 194 illustrs., orig. boards, spine dust soiled, 194 items. A wide selection of books and manuscripts representing items in most phases of book-collecting?from the first book printed in the English language, in 1475, to the second book printed in Australia, in 1805.
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CHAPPEE (J.) & LORTIC (Henry)
Description historique et critique Io du livre de prieres de la reine Claude de France : IIo d'un Chansonnier manuscrit du XVIe siecle ayant appartenu a Grolier.
First edition, large 8vo, 19, [1]pp., one of 300 copies printed on vellum paper, 2 double-page plates, orig. printed wrappers loose.
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ACKERMAN (R.)
Books, &c. Published by R. Ackerman, No. 101, Strand, London.
12mo (150 x 95 mm), drop-head title, 18pp., first and last leaf a little dust soiled, disbound, uncut. We have benn unable to locate another copy in the usual sources.
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GOLDSCHMIDT (Ernest Philip)
Les Heures de Jean Lallemant. Written by Geoffroy Tory in 1506.
Large 8vo, 7, [1]pp., one plate, orig. printed wrappers. This booksellers catalogue was printed in a very small number and is extremely scarce. JISC locating the Warburg Institute Library copy only.
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[BAUDRIER (Henri)]
Bibliographie Lyonnaise au XVe Siecle.
First edition, large 8vo, 13, [1]pp., presentation inscription to head of title-page, orig. printed wrappers. [A review of "Origines de l'imprimerie d'Alby en Languedoc," etc., by A. Claudin. Signed: H. B., i.e. H. Baudrier. Extracted from the "Revue Lyonnaise."]
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BUTLER (Charles)
Catalogue of the First [-Fifth] Portion of the Extensive and Valuable Library of the late Charles Butler, Esq. (of Warren Wood, Hafield, and Connaught Place, W.)... Most in Fine Bindings selected from the most famous Libraries dispersed during the last fifty years.
5 parts, 4to, 555pp., 3 plates, first part lacks upper wrapper, blank margins to title and prelims chipped and defective, other parts in the orig. wrappers, several lot descriptions have been excised from part 1 & 5, the five parts have a total of 5,150 lots. De Ricci, 181-2pp."an enthusiastic, perhaps an over-enthusiastic, book-buyer. His large collection... just escaped being a really great library...".
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SHAKESPEARE. [GREG (Walter W.) Compiler.]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Early Editions of the Works of Shakespeare Preserved in the Library of Eton College.
First edition, 8vo, viii, 27, [1]pp., orig. buckram, gilt.
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STEVENS (Henry)
Benjamin Franklin's Life and Writings. A Bibliographical Essay on the Stevens' Collection of Books and Manuscripts Relating to Doctor Franklin.
First edition, small 4to, viii, title vignette portrait, 5 engraved plates (slightly spotted), disbound. Ex-library copy, with stamps.
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CARYSFORT (Earl of)
Catalogue of Nineteen Books of the Highest Importance, from the Library of the Late... Sold by Order of the Owner, Col. D. J. Proby...
Small 4to, 22pp., frontis., 7 plates, orig. printed wrappers, 19 lots. De Ricci, p.166. "Lord Carysfort, who secured some of the finest items in the Jersey, Crawford, Buccleuch and Ashburnham sales, and whose recent sale of 19 items for ?35,550 will long be remembered at Sotheby's."
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WINE AND FOOD. SIMON (Andre L.)
Catalogue of Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to Wine and Food the Property of Mrs. J. D. Simon from the Library of the late Andre L. Simon...
76pp., frontis., 1 coloured plate, facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers, 260 lots.
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GARDNER (John Dunn)
Catalogue of the Principal Portion the Valuable Library of John Dunn Garner, Esq. of Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, Removed from his late Residence, Bottisham Hall, near Newmarket.
Small 4to, 191pp., orig. printed wrappers, uncut, 2,457 lots, a nice copy. De Ricci, p.140. "The valuable library of John Dunn Gardner, sold in 1854, contained some fine Caxton's, among which were some splendid early English Bibles".
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KINNOULL (Earl of)
Catalogue of Valuable Books and Manuscripts, the Property of The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Kinnoull (removed from Dupplin Castle, Perthshire).
71pp., orig. printed wrappers, 430 lots.
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GASKELL (Philip)
John Baskerville: A Bibliography.
A New Enlarged Edition, with additions and corrections, 4to, 12 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. slightly torn. Lists and describes everything that came from the press of John Baskerville.
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LAWLER (John)
Book Auctions in England in the Seventeenth Century (1676-1700). With a Chronological List of the Book Auctions of the Period. The Book-Lovers Library.
Small 8vo, xliv, 241, [1]pp., orig. decorated cloth, a nice copy. This covers a short but important period in rare book history when the leading booksellers and publishers also travelled round the country as auctioneers, the most important of these dual personalities being William Cooper and Edward Millington.
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ROXBURGHE CLUB. BARKER (Nicolas)
Bibliotheca Lindesiana. The Lives and Collections of Alexander William, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres, and James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres.
First edition, 4to, xviii, 415, [1]pp., bookplate of Michael Whitelock to front paste-down, 24 plates, orig. buckram, a very good copy.
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EDDY (Donald D.)
A Bibliography of Richard Hurd.
First edition, 4to, 312pp., illustrs., orig. cloth.
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[SHARP (Sir Cuthbert)]
The Bishoprick Garland, or a Collection of Legends Songs Ballads Etc Belonging to the County of Durham.
First edition, 8vo, limited to 150 copies, 88pp., illustrs., orig. cloth-backed boards.
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CLARKE (Arthur Melville)
A Bibliography of Thomas Heywood. [With:] An Index to Rawlinson's Collections (circa 1700-50) for a New Edition of Wood's 'Athenae Oxonienses by S. & M.A. Gibson.
4to, [ii],67-153pp., orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. Oxford Bibliographical Society Proceedings and Papers Vol. I, Part II.
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KEYNES (Geoffrey)
A Bibliography of Sir Thomas Browne, Kt, M.D.
First edition, 4to, limited to 500 numbered copies, a very good ex-library copy, frontis., portrait, 4 plates, many title-page reproductions, title in red and black, black library buckram.
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BOOKBINDING.
Fine Bindings. Offered for Sale by Chas. J. Sawyer. Catalogue No. 273.
Frontis., illustrs., of bindings throughout, orig. printed wrappers, 105 items.
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ROBINSON (William H.)
Rare Books and Manuscripts Offered for Sale by... Catalogue No. 83.
Small folio, viii,192pp., coloured frontis., facsimiles throughout (1 coloured and folding), orig. decorated boards. Containing 24 manuscripts and 80 printed books, mostly from the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872).
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MUNBY (A.N.L.)
Phillipps Studies. No. 2: The Family Affairs of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
First Edition, illustrs., orig. cloth.
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MUNBY (A.N.L.)
Phillipps Studies. No. 2: The Family Affairs of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
First Edition, ex-library, illustrs., orig. cloth.
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MUNBY (A.N.L.)
The Dispersal of the Phillipps Library. Phillipps Studies No. V.
First Edition, frontis., 3 plates, orig. cloth.
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MUNBY (A.N.L.)
The Dispersal of the Phillipps Library. Phillipps Studies No. V.
First Edition, frontis., 3 plates, bookplate, orig. cloth.
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VELLEKOOP (Jacques)
Ernest Philip Goldschmidt 1887-1954. Reprinted from the Summer Edition of "The Book Collector".
8pp., one plate, staple rusty, a little dusty.
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CHILDS (J. Rives)
Casanoviana: An Annotated World Bibliography of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt and of Works Concerning him.
First edition, viii, 396pp., frontis., one of 500 numbered copies, facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers. A scarce and extensive bibliography.
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TYPE SPECIMENS. FRY (Edmund, & Son)
Specimen of Modern Printing Types, by Edm. Fry & Son, Letter Founders to the King, Type Street, London.
Royal 8vo (245 x 155 mm), title printed within a heavy border of flowers, followed by 115 leaves of specimens printed on one side only, of which two a folding, some occasional offsetting, cont. cloth-backed boards with wine auction sale particulars pasted over boards, manuscript paper spine label, uncut and partial unopened, an attractive copy. Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 243 mentioning only 1816, 1824 & 1827 editions; B&J citing the Oxford copy; Mosley locating four copies with between 91 and 118 leaves (Oxford, Cambridge, V&A, and Columbia University Library); OCLC adds the Huntington and Detroit copies; none added by JISC; not in the British Library or St Brides Catalogue. Berry & Johnson p. 49; Mosley, 135.
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HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS.
A Hand-List of Sixty Folio Volumes, Containing Collections made by J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps, from 1854 to 1887, on the Life of Shakespeare, and the History of the English Stage.
8vo, 7, [1]pp., inscribed on front paste-down 'F.C.N. Hall, Executor's Copy, 1887. All these vols are at the Copse & will be very easily found.', orig. cloth. The collection was offered for ?1200. Copac locates the BL, Oxford and Edinburgh copies only.
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ALSTON (R.C.) & JANNETTA (M.J.)
Bibliography: Machine Readable Cataloguing and the ESTC. A Summary History of the Eighteenth Short Title Catalogue. Working Methods. Cataloguing Rules. A Catalogue of the Works of Alexander Pope Printed Between 1711 and 1800 in the British Library.
4to, facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers.
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MacDONALD (Hugh) & HARGREAVES (Mary)
Thomas Hobbes: A Bibliography.
8vo, xviii, 84pp., 6 plates, facsimiles, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, a nice copy. Collations, locations of copies and bibliographical notes of all editions of works to 1725.
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BRESLAUER (Bernard H.)
Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana.
3 Parts, price list to each part loosely inserted, coloured illustrs., throughout, orig. decorated stiff wrappers, 1639 lots. The auction catalogue of the magnificent bibliographical library of Bernard H. Breslauer. For almost six years he employed Michael Laird to assist him in cataloguing the collection, Christie's have used these scholarly notes in the compilation of this catalogue.
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MYERS (Robin) & HARRIS (Michael) Editors.
Pioneers in Bibliography.
First Edition, orig. decorated boards. As the essays reveal, all - from the library cataloguers of medieval times to the dedicated scholar-librarians and historians of the recent past, researching the byways of book trade history - can truly be said to have been 'pioneers in bibliography'.
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CODEX SINAITICUS.
Codex Sinaiticus. A Facsimile.
2 Vols., folio (450 x 360 mm), introduction volume: 31pp., orig. printed wrappers, facimile volume: 822 pages of coloured facsimiles, orig. cloth, spine slightly creased, slip-case, the facsimile is an enormous and extremely heavy book. Codex Sinaiticus is one of the world's most remarkable books. Written in Greek in the fourth century, it is the oldest surviving complete New Testament, and one of the two oldest manuscripts of the whole Bible. No other early manuscript of the Christian Bible has been so extensively corrected, and the significance of the Codex Sinaiticus for the reconstruction of the Christian Bible's original text, the history of the Bible and the history of western book making is immense. This magnificent printed facsimile reunites the text, now divided between the British Library, the National Library of Russia, St Catherine's Monastery, Mt Sinai and Leipzig University Library.
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SPEDDING (Patrick)
A Bibliography of Eliza Haywood.
848pp., cloth, a very good copy. This is the first descriptive bibliography of the works of Eliza Haywood (1693??1756) and her partner, William Hatchett (1701??1749?). The works have been separated and organized using the principles outlined by P N Furbank and W R Owens in The Canonisation of Daniel Defoe. Evidence for and history of attribution is discussed within the headnotes, and biographical information is given wherever possible, along with the title's publishing history. The bibliography contains many fresh attributions, locates 'lost' and difficult to find Haywood titles and lists dozens of unrecognized translations. It also contains a record of every reprint, facsimile, micro-format reproduction and e-text of works by Haywood; as well as a complete description of all the works published by her and those written by William Hatchett. Likewise, there is an account of all the works that have been attributed to Haywood in the last three hundred years. The history, arguments and evidence for each attribution is considered in full, both for those works accepted as part of the Haywood canon and those rejected.
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GERNSHEIM (Helmut)
Incunabula of British Photographic Literature. A Bibliography of British Photographic Literature 1839-1875 and British Books Illustrated with Original Photographs.
4to (300 x 210), 159pp., 150 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. a very good copy. An annotated bibliography based on the author's own extensive collection of 4,000 books and journals now at the University of Texas.
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BRADSHAW (Henry)
Collected Papers. Comprising 1. 'Memoranda'; 2. 'Communications' Read before the Cambridge Antiquarian Society; Together with an Article Contributed to the 'Bibliographer', and Two Papers not Previously Published. [Edited by Francis Jenkinson].
First edition, vii, [1], 508pp., 13 plates, orig. cloth, uncut.
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STAM (David H. & Deirdre C.)
Books on Ice. British & American Literature of Polar Exploration.
Large 8vo, 192pp., limited to 530 copies, 40 illustrs., (some coloured), orig. paper wrappers. Out of print. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Grolier Club of over 100 books, letters and realia relating to the discovery and exploration of the polar regions. With an introduction by Deirdre Stam, followed by full descriptions of the nearly 100 items on show.
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MARDERSTEIG (Giovanni)
The Officina Bodoni. An Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923-1977. Edited and Translated by Hans Schmoller.
First edition, 4to, lix, 286, [2]pp., one of 1,500 copies, facsimiles (some printed in two colours), orig. publishers cloth, slight sign of tape having been removed from base of spine. A detailed illustrated catalogue of all of the editions produced at this world-famous press, with the introduction forming an important account of Mardersteig as scholar, printer and publisher.
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