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BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
VOLUME 3, NO.12, DEC., 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: J. Fawcett on Thomas Malthus, A.S. Earle on 19th-century illustrated flower books, N.H. Marshall on Clement Moore, and R. Armstrong on the "state of the art book." ALSO: M. Atwood discusses storytelling (excerpt), B. Strubble takes a bibliophile tour of England, and the Bill Gates Library Foundation commits $200 million over the next 5 years to give libraries access to the latest computer technology. AND MORE.
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ARTE NUEVA DE ESCRIBIR
by Palomares, Francisco Xavier de Santiago
First edition. Forty engraved plates of calligraphic specimens. "Influential text, the result of a commission to design a more efficient national script." (Harvard/Becker 141. Bonacini 1353; Berlin 5248; Cotarelo y Mori II, 145; Palau 210612,299945). Includes engraved additional title, lacking errata leaf. Spine cracked; blank lower outer corner of letterpress title restored. With fore edge trimmed, minor soiling on some plates and plate 33 wormed and probably supplied from another copy.
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