Mccune Donovan J (3 results)

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. A concise, yet detailed business, printing, and publishing history of Les Barbou Imprimeurs who worked in Lyon, then Limoges, then Paris from 1524 to 1820. In Paris, at the zenith of their business, they functioned as printers, publishers, and booksellers known for high quality printing and for publishing new editions of Latin classics. This book was privately printed by a prominent collector of fine press and Latin texts and reproduces his Book Club of California Quarterly News-Letter article about Les Barbou Imprimeurs. The author explains his own research and the research of Paul Ducourtieux who wrote the 1896 book Les Barbou Imprimeurs, Lyon-Limoges-Paris 1524-1820. This book is 8vo, 9 1/2" x 6 1/2". 10 pp. Printed on cream, watermarked, laid paper trimmed on all edges. Saddle stapled in grey, mould made paper wraps with title and all else printed in black. One of a limited edition of 200, this copy may have from the 100 copies designated as keepsakes "for friends of the author," or from the 100 copies presented as keepsakes at a meeting of the Roxburghe Club of bibliophiles. Scarce, with no other copies found in the market at this time. This one is clean, attractive, and in Near Fine condition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 10 pages.…

Condition: A Fine copy. Unpaginated. 8-1/8" x 5-5/8" Lavender printed paper wrappers. Tied with white string. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve 1st edition. LIMITED to 35 copies. This is copy No. 18. INSCRIBED by author in rear.

Set in in Centaur and Arrighi and printed in black and red on Kimberly Texp paper. One of 35 copies. Sewn into card covers just a little dusty at the spine. A very good copy. Presentation copy: "For Laurie Deval, who may have committed some similar atrocity. Mac. 26 March 1968.".