Aldus Manutius and the Development of Greek Script & Type in the Fifteenth Century
by Nicolas Barker
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
Sandy Hook, CT: Chiswick Bookshop, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine. xiv, 115, [4], plus 4 specimen leaves from Aldine works; with 46 illus.; tall 4to; slipcase, crimson linen with gilt title on upper cover and spine, matching slipcase. Previous owner bookplate on inside cover (nice), otherwise about as new, four original leaves in fine antiquarian condition. Printed and bound by Meriden-Stinehour Press. This is one of the more interesting leaf books, presenting in one place specimens of all four Aldine Greeks fonts. One of the four leaves is from the great Aristotle of 1497. Lovely production.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Sky Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4178
- Title
- Aldus Manutius and the Development of Greek Script & Type in the Fifteenth Century
- Author
- Nicolas Barker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Chiswick Bookshop
- Place of Publication
- Sandy Hook, CT
- Date Published
- 1985
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