4to, pp. x, 260.Notes, bibliographies, index. Illustrated with small drawings by Fritz Kredel, and with facsimiles. Maroon cloth, stamped in gilt; TEG. Cover faded at spine, o/w near fine in faded and slightly worn box. Colophon reads: "This volume, commenced in the Spring of 1939, is published in celebration of the 500th anniversary of the invention of printing from movable types. The body matter is hand set in Bruce Rogers' 14-point Centaur by George W. Van Vechten, Jr., while the presswork is by George C. Montgomery. Only 660 copies have been printed.".

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Title

GUTENBERG AND THE STRASBOURG DOCUMENTS OF 1439; An interpretation.to which has been appended The text of the documents in the original Alsatian, The French of Laborde, and Modern German and English translations

Publisher

Press of the Woolly Whale, NY

Publication Date

1940

Illustrator

Kredel, Fritz

Edition

First Edition.

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