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TYPE STUDIES, THE NORSTEDT COLLECTION OF MATRICES IN THE TYPEFOUNDRY OF THE ROYAL PRINTING OFFICE. A HISTORY AND A CATALOGUE.
Axel-Nilsson, Christian
Limited to 1800 copies. Norstedts, the Swedish Royal Printing Office, has a collection of about 20,000 matrices made between 1500 and 1850 by such famous founders as Francois Guyot, Robert Granjon and P.S. Fournier le jeune. In addition to the history of the firm, Axel-Nilsson has reproduced hundreds of specimens by casting new type from the original matrices. An important history of typefounding. Four page prospectus loosely inserted. Covers rubbed around edges.
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MANUAL OF CLASSICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: COMPRISING A COPIOUS DE...
by Moss, Joseph William
Second edition, revised and enlarged. The best edition. (Besterman 1377). Descriptions of nearly 7,500 titles and editions of the classics. Includes critical reviews of the different editions and information on translations. From the library of A.N.L. Munby with his bookplate on front pastedown and the personal booklabel of H.P. Kraus in each volume. Covers rubbed with some wear at the bottom of the spine of Volume one.
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