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The English Grammar Made by Ben Jonson for the Benefit of All Strangers Out of His Observations of the English Language Now Spoken and in Use.
by LANSTON MONOTYPE. JONSON, Ben
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- Seller
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LONDON, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Lanston Monotype, 1928. With a prefatory note by Strickland Gibson of the Bodleian Library. Folding type specimen. Small 8vo., original blind-stamped paper covers, titles in black to spine, yapp edges, glassine jacket, largely unopened, original marbled slipcase. Slipcase very slightly rubbed, otherwise very good.||A lovely copy of this verbatim reprint of the 1640 edition of Jonson’s ‘The English Grammar’, with the fold-out specimen [19.5 x 32 cms] of Poliphilus and Blado types tipped in at rear.| With folding type specimen
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8104
- Title
- The English Grammar Made by Ben Jonson for the Benefit of All Strangers Out of His Observations of the English Language Now Spoken and in Use.
- Author
- LANSTON MONOTYPE. JONSON, Ben
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Lanston Monotype
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Lanston Monotype;Ben Jonson;Typography;Blado;Poliphilus Book,Printing & Typography
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SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
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