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LA FONDERIE TYPOGRAPHIQUE.
Laurent
de Laurent, Balzac et Barbier Crée en 1827. Réédition du Spécimen des Divers Caractères, Vignettes et Ornemens Typographiques de la Fonderie de Laurent et de Berny Dit de Balzac

- Paris : Éditions des Cendres 1992 - oblong large 4to. - quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, glassine wrapper - xxxix, (ix) pages followed by 86 leaves numbered recto only, then (3) pages - ISBN 286742044X / Order Nr. 94612 - Price: $ 195.00

Text in French. Limited to an edition of 999. Facsimile of the rare 1828 catalogue of types and decorations offered by the Founderie de Laurent et de Berny printed by H. Balzac. Preface by René Ponot and foreword with an history of Balzac as an editor and printer by John Dreyfus. Illustrated throughout, with 1505 examples of type and decorations. Printed in Bauer-Bodoni type.

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CORRELATS by Cyr, Gilles Limited to 70 copies. Poem illustrated with three silkscreens by Bracaval. Signed by the poet and illustrator. Bracaval has been awarded many prizes through nearly four decades beginning with the Prix Lafont in 1967 and most recently the Prix Robert Beltz in 2002. His works are continually exhibited and are held in such public collections as the Centre George Pompidou, British Library, and the Boston Athenaeum.