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Fonds Mercator, 1996. Paperback. Good. Signs of wear on the cover. Edition 1996. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.
The Treatise of Gerard Mercator. . .(Antwerp 1540). by Mercator - 1930
by Mercator
The Treatise of Gerard Mercator. . .(Antwerp 1540).
by Mercator
- Used
- Hardcover
Antwerp & Paris: Officina Bodoni, 1930. Press Books and Fine Printing Antwerp: De Sikkel and Paris: The Pegasus Press, 1930. 8vo, green moiré cloth with calligraphic title in gilt. Slight tanning to silver of cloth at extremities of spine; end-papers and fore-edge light ly foxed; else fine in dust jacket with a little chipping at top edge. One of 200 copies on Fabriano handmade paper, handset in Janson type. Facsimile of a writing book by the great publisher of maps, prepared as a model for his workshop staff. Biographical introduction by Jan Denucé and a note on Mercators work as a calligrapher by Stanley Morison. John Barr, Britis h Library Exhibit, 27. Schmolle r 36.. Cloth... Fine./Very Good. 8vo.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Fine.
- Jacket Condition Very Good
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Officina Bodoni
- Place of Publication Antwerp & Paris
- Date Published 1930
- Keywords PRESS BOOKS AND FINE PRINTING PRINTING, OFFICINA BODONI, PEGASUS PRESS, MARDERSTEIG, CALLIGRAPHY, MERCATOR
- Size 8vo