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GEISTIGE VATER DES ABENDLANDES, EINE SAMMLUNG VON HUNDERT BUCHTITELN
Finsterer-Suber, Gerda.

- Stuttgart : Chr. Belser Verlag 1960 - large 4to. - two-toned paper-covered boards, dust jacket, slipcase. - xxvii, not paginated. - Order Nr. 55706 - Price: $ 45.00

First edition. Published on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the publisher "Chr. Belser Verlag." A limited amount of copies were made available on the market. Under the rubric of "Spiritual Fathers of the Occident," this volume presents 100 title pages accompanied by short essay descriptions. In addition to general information on particular title pages, these descriptions contain information on typography, design, history of the book, and in some instances, the publisher. Title pages were chosen from books published throughout Europe from the time of Gutenberg to mid-20th century.

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