Order Nr. 98607 THE ART OF THE BOOK AND ITS ILLUSTRATION. Jan Poortenaar.

THE ART OF THE BOOK AND ITS ILLUSTRATION.

  • Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, n.d. (circa 1935).
  • 4to.
  • cloth, dust jacket.
  • xii, 182 pages with 110 illustrations and 40 plates at the end.

Price: $75.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 98607

First U.S. edition. With a Chapter by Prof. Dr. Maurits Sabbe and a Foreword by C.H. StJ. Hornsby. Discussion of all facets of book history and production. The plates are printed on different kinds of paper with many in color. Includes tipped-in specimens of example printing. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Light jacket rubbing.