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Venetian Printers: A Conversation on the Fourth Day of the Bibliographical Decameron of Thomas Frognall Dibdin, with Annotations
by DIBDIN, THOMAS FROGNALL
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine copy, enclosed in a cloth chemise.
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About This Item
(Mt. Vernon, New York: Privately Printed by William Rudge for Bruce Rogers, 1924.), 1924. First separate edition, one of 223 copies. Jackson, Dibdin, 42; Windle & Pippin, Dibdin, A Bibliography, A30; Warde, Bruce Rogers, 185. Fine copy, enclosed in a cloth chemise.. Folio, original decorated wrappers, 16 pages. An imaginary conversation between four characters, Lysander, Philemon, Lisardo and Almansa, who discuss merits of seven early Venetian printers. This originally appeared in Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron and is here handsomely printed for Bruce Rogers, with the addition of his annotations and "Printer's Note" about the type used. Leather bookplate of W. Van R. Whithall inside the front wrapper.
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- The Brick Row Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26111
- Title
- Venetian Printers: A Conversation on the Fourth Day of the Bibliographical Decameron of Thomas Frognall Dibdin, with Annotations
- Author
- DIBDIN, THOMAS FROGNALL
- Format/Binding
- Jackson, Dibdin, 42; Windle & Pippin, Dibdin, A Bibliography, A30; Warde, Bruce Rogers, 185
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy, enclosed in a cloth chemise.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First separate edition, one of 223 copies
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Mt. Vernon, New York: Privately Printed by William Rudge for Bruce Rogers, 1924.)
- Date Published
- 1924
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