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CHOIX DE BEAUX LIVRES DU XVe AU XIXe SIÈCLE, AUTOGRAPHES
Maggs 12
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- Paris : Maggs Bros. (1938)
- small 4to.
- stiff paper wrappers.
- 84 pages and 50 plates, some of which are in full color.
- Order Nr. 11758
- Price: $ 20.00
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Catalogue 12. Part of the Serie Francaise issued by Maggs. With many illustrations of fine bindings. Spine chipped with pieces of covering missing..
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PRINTING TYPES, THEIR BIRTH IN THE TYPEFOUNDRY DEPICTED I...
by Mahr, Karl
Limited to an edition of 130 (from another copy sold by Oak Knoll). The text for this edition was translated and set by hand at the Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing in Athens GA. All the press and production work was performed by Richard Hopkins' Hill & Dale Press and Typefoundry in Terra Alta, WV. The English text is set on the first ten pages and is accompanied by eight illustrations. The German text is on last three of the final unnumbered pages.
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