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Nine volumes on typography and book arts

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Description

Heading: (Typography)
Author:
Title: Nine volumes on typography, fine press, and the history of printing
Place Published: Various places
Publisher:
Date Published: Various dates
Description:

9 volumes. Comprising secondary works on Aldus Manutius, Robert Estienne, Giambattisa Bodoni, John Baskerville, and more.

Includes:

Robert Estienne: Royal Printer by Elizabeth Armstrong. Cambridge, 1954. Cloth, jacket.
Printing and the Mind of Men...Compiled and Edited by John Carter & Percy H. Muir. Holt Rinehart, Winston, 1967. Cloth, jacket.
Fleuron Anthology Chosen with a Retrospectus by Francis Meynell and Herbert Simon. University of Toronto, 1973. Cloth, jacket. (Jacket with a few substantial tears).
John Baskerville: A Bibliography by Philip Gaskell. Chicheley, 1973. Cloth, jacket (price-clipped). Reprint.
The World of Aldus Manutius by Martin Lowry. Cornell University Press, [1979].Cloth, jacket.
The Book Beautiful and The Binding as Art. Catalogue from Fleming/Juvelis auction of artists' books, 1983. Cloth.
Art of the Printed Book 1455-1955: Masterpieces of Typography... Pierpont Morgan Library, [1984]. Cloth, jacket.
Aldus Manutius: Humanist, Teacher, and Printer by Paul F. Grendler. The John Carter Brown Library, 1984. Saddle-stitched wrappers.
Vita del Cavaliere Giambattista Bodoni Tipografo Italiano published by Franco Faria Ricci, [1989]. Text in Italian. Black cloth with pictorial label, paper slipcase.

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Nine volumes on typography and book arts

Name: Nine volumes on typography and book arts
SKU: 110737070
Price: 225 USD
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