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DUDIN,, M.. The Art of the Bookbinder and Gilder. 1772.. Leeds, England, Elmete Press, 1977., 1977.
Price: US$166.27 + shipping
Description: Folio quarter leather with cloth boards, xiv+130pp, illustrated, in clear plastic sleeve, a fine copy. First edition in English, limited to 490 numbered copies.
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Price: US$289.86 + shipping
Description: 1977, Leeds, The Elmete Press, folio, no.212 of 490 copies on Old Dutch cream laid mould-made paper by Van Gelder, ppxiv + 130, black and white illustrations, black leather spine gilt decoration, over cloth boards by F. F. Allsopp & Co. Ltd., preserved in the original plastic wrapper. Derek Brown was responsible for the typographic design and the book was printed under the personal supervision of A. S. Maney. This is the first edition in English of L'Art du Relieur Doreur de Livres, which was published by the French Royal Academy of Sciences in 1772, and the illustrations are copied from the original work.
Seller: Graham York Rare Books ABA ILAB, Honiton, United Kingdom
Price: US$303.84 + shipping
Description: Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 126 p. : ill. ; 37 cm. Notes; "This is the first edition in English of 'L'Art du relieur doreur de livres', which was published by the French Royal Academy of Sciences in 1772. The illustrations are taken from the original work. The paper is Old Dutch cream laid mould-made by Van Gelder and the text is set in Perpetua fourteen-point, one point leaded. Derek Brown was responsible for the typographic design and the book was printed under the personal supervision of A. S. Maney. The binding is by F. F. Allsopp & Co. Ltd. The edition is limited to 490 numbered copies. This is copy number 448." -- colophon. Subjects; Bookbinding Gilding. Industries France. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$340.00 + shipping
Description: Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 126 p. : ill. ; 37 cm. Notes; "This is the first edition in English of 'L'Art du relieur doreur de livres', which was published by the French Royal Academy of Sciences in 1772. The illustrations are taken from the original work. The paper is Old Dutch cream laid mould-made by Van Gelder and the text is set in Perpetua fourteen-point, one point leaded. Derek Brown was responsible for the typographic design and the book was printed under the personal supervision of A. S. Maney. The binding is by F. F. Allsopp & Co. Ltd. The edition is limited to 490 numbered copies. This is copy number 448." -- colophon. Subjects; Bookbinding Gilding. Industries France. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.