Type specimen facsimiles II : Reproductions of Christopher Plantin's Index sive specimen characterum 1567 & folio specimen of c. 1585 : together with the Le Bé-Moretus specimen, c. 1599 ; With Annotations By Hendrik L. Vervlit And Harry Carter
by Dreyfuss, John (Editor)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. crimson cloth, large gilt decoration front cover. Fine in very good dust wrapper
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About This Item
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth, large gilt decoration front cover. Fine in very good dust wrapper. IX, 15, [20] pages. Limited edition, copy 420 of 760. Text printed at University Printing House, Cambridge. Copies 1-344 were printed for the Bodley Head, London, and nos. 345-760 for the University of Toronto Press.
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- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
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- 23618
- Title
- Type specimen facsimiles II : Reproductions of Christopher Plantin's Index sive specimen characterum 1567 & folio specimen of c. 1585 : together with the Le Bé-Moretus specimen, c. 1599 ; With Annotations By Hendrik L. Vervlit And Harry Carter
- Author
- Dreyfuss, John (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. crimson cloth, large gilt decoration front cover. Fine in very good dust wrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1972
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