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FUNF JAHRHUNDERTE SCHWARZE KUNST IN KOLN
Wienand, Adam (editor)
Die Entwicklung der Schrifttype und des Drucks in Fünf Jahrhunderten an Kölner Beispielen.

- Köln : Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft Köln 1953 - 4to. - cloth-backed stiff paper wrappers - 45+(1) pages - Order Nr. 100954 - Price: $ 30.00

Written in German. With an introduction, and several black-and-white illustrations and engravings, including a fold-out engraving and two color tipped-in examples of book design. The majority of this book is an essay by Dr. Rudolf Juchhoff entitled "Aufgang und Blütezeit des Kölner Buchdrucks". Corners bumped, paper separating from cloth near spine ends, pages separating from hinges and spine. Small tear at top of frontispiece (not affecting picture).

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