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THE FORTSAS CATALOGUE A FACSIMILE, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LESSING J. ROSENWALD.
Rosenwald, Lessing J.
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- Philadelphia : Philobiblon Club 1970
- 4to.
- cloth spine, marbled paper over boards.
- 19 pages with a 16 page 8vo. facsimile of the original Fortsas Catalogue laid-in a pocket in the inside rear cover.
- Order Nr. 76603
- Price: $ 225.00
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One of 250 numbered copies (Taylor B2). This book was designed and printed by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press. The "Avis" and the text of M. Polain's newspaper account of the hoax are reproduced in facsimile and tipped in the book. An important addition to the literature connected to this famous auction hoax. Covers rubbed at edges and spine ends.
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Frontispiece portrait of Huth, introduction by F.G. Kenyon along with much text and illustrations including 18 separate plates done in collotype. Printed letterpress by Horace Hart at the University Press. Former library book from the Gloucestershire County Libraries with bookplate and pocket mounted on free endpaper. Paper label on spine.
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