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DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK-ARTS AND BOOK TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA TO 1820, INCLUDING PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS.
Brown, H. Glenn and Maude O. Brown
First separate edition, reprinted from the Bulletin. Excellent source document. With information on marblers. Name in ink on free endpaper.
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HISTOIRE DU CHEVALIER DES GRIEUX ET DE MANON LESCAUT.
by Prévost, L'Abbé
Limited to 200 copies (Cahoon p.82; A Century for the Century 58). Printed by hand in Caslon Old Face on Hammer and Anvil paper. The illustrations and the decorations were printed in color using a silk screen process. Loosely inserted is the four page "A Note on the Manner of its Design and Printing." Spine faded with some cracking along hinges.
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