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Of the Just Shaping of Letters, from the Applied Geometry of Albrecht Durer, Book III
by Dürer, Albrecht
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Grolier Club, 1917. Rogers, Bruce. Quarto. (vi), 46pp. One of 215 copies printed by Emery Walker and Wilfred Merton at the Mall Press, Hammersmith. Frederic Goudy's copy, with a Frederic and Bertha Goudy Collection bookplate. This work is beautifully printed after a design by Bruce Rogers, with many pages of typographic illustrations, as well as pictorial title and initials. This is the first book Rogers printed on English soil, and is, justifiably, a BR30 title. As Joseph Blumenthal recounts in Bruce Rogers: A Life in Letters, after experiencing "a growing sense of despondency and discouragement," in his later years at Riverside, Rogers accepted Emery Walker's invitation to come to England to print with him. This book, the first product of that collaboration, which also introduced Rogers to Wilfred Merton, is the only work completed by the Mall Press. Fifteen years later, Rogers, Walker, and Merton would combine their acumen in the design and printing of T.E. Lawrence's translation of The Odyssey. Bound in vellum-backed marbled paper over boards, title stamped in gilt to spine, with original plain paper dust jacket. Very good; jacket worn, edgewear to boards, with minor bumps to corners and small nick to head of spine, front hinge a bit tender. Library markings to rear paste-down. Otherwise a superb association copy of one of Rogers's rarer works. (The Work of Bruce Rogers 236; also see Blumenthal, pp. 38-63).
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- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32126
- Title
- Of the Just Shaping of Letters, from the Applied Geometry of Albrecht Durer, Book III
- Author
- Dürer, Albrecht
- Illustrator
- Rogers, Bruce
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grolier Club
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1917
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book Arts; Fine Printing;
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About the Seller
Bromer Booksellers
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Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. Owned and operated by Anne Bromer, who has been in the business of fine books for over fifty years, our shop carries a range of important private press books, designer bookbindings, illustrated books, children's books, and miniature books.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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