[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS & PRINTING HISTORY]. A group of 19 works, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original cloth except where noted, some with dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally fine.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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[BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS & PRINTING HISTORY]. A group of 19 works, including:
Bibliotheca Americana Catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University Books Printed 1675-1700. --Short-Title List of Addition Books Printed 1471-1700. Providence, 1973. 2 volumes. -- REED, Talbot Baines. A History of the Old English Letter Foundries. London, 1952. New edition. -- A Book of Types Initials, Borders & Ornaments. Edinburgh, 1916. Original cloth-backed boards. -- HAMILTON, Charles. Great Forgers and Famous Fakes. NY, 1980. -- VITALE, Philip H. Bibliography, Historical and Bibliothecal. Chicago, 1971. -- HAIN, Ludovici. Repertorium Bibliographicum. Staten Island, NY: Maurizio Martino, N.d. 4 volumes. -- LEHMANN-HAUPT, Hellmut. The Book in America. NY, 1952. Second edition. -- GRAVELL, Thomas L. et al. American Watermarks 1690-1835. New Castle, DE, 2002. -- BAURMEISTER, Ursula. Des Livres et des Rois: La Bibliothèque Royale de Blois. [Paris], 1992. -- And 10 others. Together, 19 works in 25 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original cloth except where noted, some with dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.
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Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
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