MONUMENTS OF TYPOGRAPHY, AND XYLOGRAPHY: BOOKS OF THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE ART OF PRINTING (CAT # 175)
by QUARITCH, BERNARD
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPS
- Seller
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
LONDON, ENGLAND: BERNARD QUARITCH. VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPS. PUB NOV 12,1897. FIRST EDITION. PAPERBACK. A 1O PAGE HISTORICAL PREFACE BY QUARITCH. AND AN 8 PAGE INDEX . This catalogue was the result of 20 years of assiduous gathering by Quaritch. It has to be one of the only catalogues ever to offer the 1454 Mentz Gutenberg-Fust Bible (The Mazarine Bible) for sale to the public for 5,000 pounds. OTHER THAN A 3/4"X 1/4" PIECE MISSING AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE, NOT AFFECTING THE SPINE TITLES, SOME SLIGHT LOSS AT THE HEEL OF THE SPINE AND THE BOTTOM FRONT FORE-EDGE CORNER, AND LIGHT EVEN DUST SOILING, A COMPLETE INTACT COPY IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS PRINTED WRAPS, AND A RARE SURVIVAL OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK CATALOGUES EVER COMPILED BY ANY BOOKSELLER. .
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- Bookseller
- JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLECTI012920I
- Title
- MONUMENTS OF TYPOGRAPHY, AND XYLOGRAPHY: BOOKS OF THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE ART OF PRINTING (CAT # 175)
- Author
- QUARITCH, BERNARD
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPS
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- BERNARD QUARITCH
- Place of Publication
- LONDON, ENGLAND
- Date Published
- PUB NOV 12,1897
- Keywords
- A 1O PAGE HISTORICAL PREFACE BY QUARITCH. AND AN 8 PAGE INDEX, CATALOGUE, EARLY PRINTING, GUTENBERG BIBLE
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JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS
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