Inscribed by author to Lawrence Clark Powell
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Heading: (Leaf Books - Nuremberg Chronicle)
Author: Shaffer, Ellen
Title: The Nuremberg Chronicle. A Pictorial World History from the Creation to 1493. With a leaf from the pirated Augsburg Latin edition of 1497
Place Published: Los Angeles
Publisher:Dawson's Book Shop
Date Published: 1950
Description:
Author: Shaffer, Ellen
Title: The Nuremberg Chronicle. A Pictorial World History from the Creation to 1493. With a leaf from the pirated Augsburg Latin edition of 1497
Place Published: Los Angeles
Publisher:Dawson's Book Shop
Date Published: 1950
Description:
[xiv], 61, [2] pp. Title page printed in red & black. Illustrated from woodcuts. (4to) original decorated blue cloth, map endpapers. Printed by the Plantin Press. Copy XV of 300 copies. First Edition.
Signed By Ellen Shaffer and inscribed to Lawrence Clark Powell. Inscription reads "For Lawrence Clark Powell who is leading the library profession into the right paths, with sincere good wishes, Ellen Shaffer." Lawrence Clark Powell's bookplate on verso of front free endpaper with institutional plate from Occidental College Library marked "Gift of Lawrence Clark Powell Class of 1928". The leaf in this copy is Folio CCLXXX. Chalmers 103.
Condition
Light fraying to cloth at spine ends, minor corner wear; rear hinge nearly split, some creasing to front free endpaper from rather sloppy plate mounting; leaf in very good condition, overall good.
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Inscribed by author to Lawrence Clark Powell
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