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Quarter grey cloth over boards (hardcover), gilt title to spine and front board, (10.25 x 6.75 inches). First Edition. xi, 21 pages, plus 25 plates drawn and engraved by the author. Designed and printed for Oxford University Press by William E. Rudge's Sons in Village and Trajan types designed by the author. This printing is the first use of Village Italics, and the only showing of the Roman other than in privately printed editions. Showing light light toning at top edge, else an exceptionally clean, tight and bright copy Size: Tall Octavo. Seller Inventory # 005793
Title: The Capitals from the Trajan Column at Rome
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Publication Date: 1936
Binding: Cloth
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.
Seller: S.P.Tuohy, Oxford, OXF, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 26cm. 8vo. Pp. xi, 21, [52, plates]. Printed by William Rudge's Sons in Goudy's Trajan and Village types. First use of Village italic. Laid in is a photostat of a letter from Goudy to one R. L. Brown, dated 24/3/33, abour 600 words, referring to various aspects of his career in type design. Orig. half cloth, slightly worn at head and tail of spine. Seller Inventory # 002528
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