Modena: Franco Cosimo Panini, 2008. folio. red velvet binding (silver ferrules, clasp strips and coat of arms), clamshell case. 64, 183 pages. Facsimile with accompanying hardcover commentary. One of 550 copies. The majestic liturgical book known as the Lezionario Farnese, produced in Rome shortly after the mid-sixteenth century for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, represents a high point for the art of illumination. Given its size the work is of monumental proportions and the wealth of embellishments.....
Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts, (1987). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 254, (2) pages. First edition. Filled with illustrations, often in color. Shows all 175 typefaces he designed including a number that have never been seen before. Tear along top edge of front cover which has tape repair.
