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Summary:
- 60 leaves taken from books printed in The Netherlands, France, Spain, and Great Britain between 1460 and 1500, with information on type fonts as used by the early printers.
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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General Notes:
- Issued in portfolio. The plates are mounted and inlaid in paper mats, with mounted descriptive labels.
The text consists of a list of plates, arranged under country alphabetically by place of printing, with a short history of the early printing in each country followed by descriptive notes on each specimen, giving information about the printer and the character of the types.
"This English edition appears in one issue of 100 copies numbered by hand."
Purchase; 2018.
Housed in publisher's tan cloth-covered portfolio, with black titles.
Libraries' copy is number 79 of 100.
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Physical Description:
- 1 portfolio (60 mounted plates) ; 55 cm + 1 textual volume (58 pages)
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Physical Characteristics:
- 55 cm
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Call Numbers:
- Z1033.L4 H343 1928
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Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 33021035
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OCLC Numbers:
- 4574260