PRINTER'S ABECEDARIUM
by McCrillis, John O.C
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/good +
- ISBN 10
- 0879231076
- ISBN 13
- 9780879231071
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, (c. 1974). hardcover. Fine /good +. Quarto, (approx. 6" wide by 10 1/4" tall) dark blue cloth covers, unpaginated. Dust jacket has a little wear at edges. "Each Gothic letter has been freely adapted from the illuminated initials found in the Yale Library copy of the Catholicon, thought to have been printed by Gutenberg at Mainz in 1460...On facing pages are concise biographies of the greatest printers, from Aldus to Zainer, Baskerville to Ybarra, defining their influence and explaining their importance." Dust jacket has some tanning, wear at edges.
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000018659
- Title
- PRINTER'S ABECEDARIUM
- Author
- McCrillis, John O.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0879231076
- ISBN 13
- 9780879231071
- Publisher
- David R. Godine, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- (c. 1974)
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