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HIGHLY IMPORTANT INCUNABULA, BIBLES, EARLY GREEK PRINTING AND COLOUR-PLATE BOOKS FROM BERIAH BOTFIELD'S LIBRARY.
Catalogue for a sale at Christie's in London on March 30, 1994 of selections from the renowned bibliophile's library; Bibles; Early Printing; Greek Printing; Colour-Plate Books. Describes in depth 93 entries. Lavish illustrations, in color and black and white, several fold-out, many from natural history volumes. Loosely inserted is a separate printing of the selection from this library with a two page introduction.
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ON IMPROVEMENTS IN MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER,...
by Wolfe, Richard J.
First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies. Reprints the first American Treatise on Marbling, an account which appears in the April 1829 issue of the Journal of the Franklin Institute with additional text by Wolfe. Beautifully printed on handmade paper.
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