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DIE BUCHDRUCKER-GESCHICHTE ULM'S ZUR VIERTEN SÄCULARFEIER DER ERFINDUNG DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST.
Hassler, Dr. Konrad Dieterich
Mit neuen Beiträgen zur Culturgeschichte, dem Facsimile eines der ältesten und artistischen Beilagen, besonders zur Geschichte der Holzschneidekunst.
First edition facsimile (Bigmore & Wyman I, 308). Scarce. Includes information on the printers Ludwig Hohenwang and Johannes Zainer. With five woodcut facsimiles on India paper laid-down and one double-page litho. Bigmore & Wyman call for 8 plates of facsimiles but nothing seems to be lacking from this copy. Spine torn at head, titlepage dampstained and extensive foxing throughout, although plates are clean.
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MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF JOHN BOWDLER, ESQ.
by Bowdler, John
First edition. Presentation copy. John Bowdler (1746-1823), a writer on religious and church affairs, was the author of Select Pieces in Verse and Prose (1818). Inscribed "From the Author" on the half title. Bookplates are on the front paste down and the front free endpapers, both from the Locker family. There are a few notes in pencil scattered throughout from a previous owner. Front free endpaper is loose. Boards are rubbed and worn around the edges with light staining and some small scratches. Parts of the gilt border on both covers is worn off. The front hinge has cracked.
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