Claudin, A.. THE FIRST PARIS PRESS: An Account of the Books Printed for G. Fichet and J. Heynlin in the Sorbonne, 1470-1472. Bibliographical Society, London, 1898.

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Condition: Fine

Description: pp: vi, 100, corrigenda & addenda slip; frontispiece, tissue guard. Bound in tan linen and plain boards, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. 11.25" x 8.75" Illustrated Monographs No. VI. Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press, "February 1898 for 1897."

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Claudin, A.. The First Paris Press: An Account of the Books Printed for G. Fichet and J. Heynlin in the Sourbonne, 1470-1492. Bibliographic Society at the Chiswick Press, 1898 (Illustratred Monographs for the Bibliographic Society, No. VI), 1898.

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Description: 1898. Bibliographic Society at the Chiswick Press, 1898 (Illustratred Monographs for the Bibliographic Society, No. VI). Paper, 100 pp., illus. Original paper preserved, now bound in library cloth binding. Cloth a bit scuffed. Book is near fine.

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CLAUDIN, A.. The first Paris press. An account of the books printed for G. Fichet and J. Heynlin in the Sorbonne, 1470-1472. printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press, London, 1898.

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Description: First edition, 4to, pp. vi, 100, [1]; frontispiece illustration, ornamental headpiece and initial, 10 full-page facsimiles in the text, and printer's device at the end; a fine, uncut copy in somewhat later natural linen over tan paper-covered boards, lettered in black direct on spine; with "Corrigenda et addenda" tipped in at p. 100.This copy from the library of Roy Stokes (d. 1995), renowned bibliographer, author, and director of the library school at the University of British Columbia; with his ownership signature on front free endpaper. No. VI in the Bibliographical Society's Illustrated Monographs series.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

A. Claudin; Olivier de la Marche; George F. Barwick. The First Paris Press. An account of the books printed for G. Fichet and J. Heynlin in the Sorbonne, 1470-1472 [bound with] Le Chevalier délibéré by Olivier de la Marche. The illustrations of the edition of Schiedam reproduced, with a preface by F. Lippmann and a reprint of the text [bound with] A Book Bound for Mary Queen of Scots. Being a description of the binding of a copy of the Geographia of Ptolemy printed at Rome, 1490, with notes on other books bearing Queen Mary's insignia. The Bibliographical Society 1898, 1901, 1898.

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Condition: Very Good

Description: Three titles bound in one volume: Claudin: Pp. vi, 100, [2] with frontis and 10 full-page facsimiles, corrigenda et addenda slip tipped in; de la Marche: Pp. xx, 65, [3] with 17 full-page illustrations; Barwick: Pp. [6], 27, [3] with frontis and 2 plates (1 folding). 4to. Titles printed in red and black. Green half morocco, green cloth sides, t.e.g., five raised bands, gilt title. Original brown wrappers bound in at rear. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Illustrated Monograph No. VI, V and IX, respectively. With the booklabel of Wilfred Merton (1888-1957), the great scholar, book and manuscript collector, and partner in the distinguished printing firm of Messrs Emery Walker Ltd. Spine somewhat faded to brownish-green and uneven fading to rear board, light rubbing to hinges and one corner; some offset from turn-ins onto fep and from plates in Barwick. Interior fine, and overall attractive group of copies.

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DE LA MARCHE, OLIVER. Le Chevalier Delibere . the illustrations of the edition of Schiedam reproduced, with a preface by F. Lippmann and a reprint of the text. printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press, London, 1898.

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Description: 4to, pp. xx, 65, [2]; 17 facsimiles in the text and a duplicate set of 17 plates at the back; Bound with: The First Paris Press: An Account of the Books printed for G. Fichet and J. Heynlin in the Sorbonne 1470-1472. By A. Claudin. London: Bibliographical Society, Chiswick Press, 1898. pp. vi, 100, [1]; gravure frontispiece and 10 full-p. facsimiles, errata slip; together, 2 vols. in 1, orig. brown printed wrappers preserved for each title; together in contemporary quarter brown morocco, gilt lettered on spine; minor scuffing and fading of spine, else very good. Issued as nos. 5 and 6 in the Bibliographical Society's Illustrated Monographs series.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.