ACCOUNT OF CALLIGRAPHY & PRINTING IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY FROM DIALOGUES ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTOPHER PLANTIN.|AN
Plantin, Christopher
Published by Harvard College Library, Cambridge, 1940
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tall 12mo. quarter cloth over paste paper-covered boards. viii, 32 pages followed by the facsimile. Printed and Published by him at Antwerp, in 1567. French and Flemish Text in Facsimile, English Translation and Notes by Ray Nash and Foreword by Stanley Morison. First edition thus, limited to 250 copies and printed by D.B. Updike at his Merrymount Press (Appleton 156 for Morrison). Spine lightly age-darkened, minor rubbing to covers, else a fine copy of this very scarce book. quarter cloth over paste paper-covered boards. Seller Inventory # 20852
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Title: ACCOUNT OF CALLIGRAPHY & PRINTING IN THE ...
Publisher: Harvard College Library, Cambridge
Publication Date: 1940
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Calligraphy
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An Account of Calligraphy and Printing in the Sixteenth Century from Dialogues attributed to Christopher Plantin: The Liturgical Arts Quarterly 17:IV, Part 2 (1949)
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Liturgical Arts Society, 1949, 1949
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Seller: Sutton Books, Norwich, VT, U.S.A.
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Condition: Near Fine. Pbk, 4to, stapled, 8pp, a fine reprinting of the noted 1940 monograph issued as a special publication of the Liturgical Arts Society (as Volume 17:IV, Part II [1949]) 1 small colored woodcut illustr by printer Philip Reed of Chicago, colored initials designed by Oscar Ogg, errata slip glued in at rear, light edgewear where the covers have overshot the text and a small spot lower front but altogether an excellent, clean, tight and unmarked copy of this exceptionally scarce item. Seller Inventory # MAA169
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