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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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ALBUM PER L'ESPOSIZIONE DI BELLE ARTI E MESTIERI IN SAVON...
by Reci(usione) Militare
Text in Italian. Each page framed by beautifully color printed ornaments and borders. The printing itself is partially done in various colors on different backgrounds. See Fumagalli, Lexicon typographicum p. 387 (for Savona where printing started in 1474). A magnificent Italian type specimen issued by the Military Printing Department of Savona to celebrate the opening of an art exhibition there. Printed on fine paper. A scarce book with no copies located by WorldCat, COPAC, ICCU (2900 Italian libraries). Edges bumped, with one edge severely bumped. Some spotting on cover.
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