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The Officina Bodoni An Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923-1977
by Mardersteig, Giovanni
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. half brown morocco and tan basket weave cloth, backstrips lettered or decorated in gilt. Fine in fine matching slipcase. 2
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. half brown morocco and tan basket weave cloth, backstrips lettered or decorated in gilt. Fine in fine matching slipcase. 2 vols.. 286 & 90 pages. Folio, 30.5 x 21 cm. Limited edition, copy 95 of 99 accompanied by a second volume containing ten original leaves from hand-printed books of the Officina Bodoni, including a rare vellum leaf from Ovid's Nasonis Amores, with a note from the publisher that the second volume housing "The ten four-page leaves may differ in each copy." The latter were "made up of spare sheets of books printed in its archives." Edited by Hans Schmoller.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21066
- Title
- The Officina Bodoni An Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923-1977
- Author
- Mardersteig, Giovanni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. half brown morocco and tan basket weave cloth, backstrips lettered or decorated in gilt. Fine in fine matching slipcase. 2
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Edizioni Valdonega
- Place of Publication
- Verona
- Date Published
- 1980
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Private Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Press; Books-on-Books; Calligraphy;
Terms of Sale
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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