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Blunden, Edmund.
Limited to 390 numbered copies (Beaumont, pp.70-72). The cover decorations, endpapers. and 34 Initial Letters designed by Randolph Schwabe, The typography and binding arranged by Cyril William Beaumont on his Press at 75 Charing Cross Road, Westminster. An advance copy of the book was acknowledged by Edmund Blunden: "It is a book which almost topples over my stern faith in the art of earlier printers as compared with the modern, and will stand in honor on my shelves...Mr. Schwabe's little pictures have my warm praise and gratitude." Slight cover soiling.
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CATALOGUE DE LIVRES FRANÇAIS, ANGLAIS, ALLEMANDS, ESPAGNO...
by Bossange, Hector
A massive catalogue of 984 pages, the vast bulk of which (pp.1-802) is devoted to books as noted in the title. Some of this is very interesting, especially the section on the arts and architecture, which includes some rare and expensive books. The second part is of even more interest as it contains sections on maps, globes and spheres, astronomical instruments, and "machines typographiques" (with lithographic illustrations of the Stanhope Press, the Columbian Press, the Presse Française and the Machine à Glacier). This is followed by eight leaves of type specimens and "Les Articles pour la Reliure" which includes four folding plates of shiny glazed black paper printed in gold showing 'Fers a Doreur.' The two final plates are more fers a doreur and include two fully blocked spines, a fully blocked cover and other stamps, rolls and lines. These are in perfect condition and have great appeal as well as obvious documentary value for historians of 1840s binding. The letterpress lists also include skins for binding with prices. The final leaf of this section is Daguerreotypes, both full apparatus and plates. Contemporary bookplates of the Franklin Library of Boston and the later 19th century bookplate of the Lawrence Public Library. Rubbed, hinges rubbed but sound.
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