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BRITISH BOOKBINDING TODAY
With an Introduction by Edgar Mansfield.
S-K 6668. Original sales catalogue of this magnificent collection of modern British bindings. The price list is loosely inserted. Catalogue designed by Martino Mardersteig and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona. The collection was bought by the Lilly Library in its entirety.
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> MANSFIELD, EDGAR
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FABLES OF AESOP, AND OTHERS, WITH DESIGNS ON WOOD
by Aesop
Second edition copy from a limited edition of 1000. An illustrated version of the classical Aesop's Fables, with illustrations by the English wood engraver Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). This is a Demy copy. (See Roscoe, 1953, 165-170). Recased, preserving original calf binding. Free endpaper with archival paper repairs along edges. Occasional spotting and some of the page corners bent inward. Signature by previous owner in brown ink on the free front endpaper. Well-preserved copy.
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