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PUBLICATIONS DE LA LIBRARIE FERMIN DIDOT FRÈRES, FILS ET CIE
January, 1870
Publications from the bookseller Fermin Didot, brothers and sons. Fermin Didot (1764-1863) was the son of François Ambroise Didot (1730-1804); both typographers. This publication is an auction catalogue containing dictionaries, bibliographies, histories and literature. Front cover loose. Cover well-worn with discoloration, small closed tears, and paper loss along the edges.
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UNCLE DOTTERY
by Powys, T.F.
Edition limited to 350,of which this is No. 178. Two vignettes engraved by Eric Gill in 1926, and are numbered 104 and 105 in Engravings by Eric Gill (Bristol, 1929). The blocks were not used in the edition of Disraeli for which they were designed. The blocks later came into the possession of the publisher of this book; thinking them apt decorations for the story, he assumed responsibility for their insertion. Minimal wear.
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