Art and Style in Printed Books: Six Centuries of Typography, Decoration & Illustration. Volume I: The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (all published)
London: Printed for the author by the John Roberts Press, 1979. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Item #9100
Quarto. [10], 624 pp., errata sheet laid in. First edition, limited to 28 copies. In publisher's cloth with morocco title label on the spine. Binding is a trifle sunned towards the top of both boards; minor shelfwear; a very presentable binding; previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown else contents are clean. Exceptionally rare in commerce as the author notes in the foreword that of the 28 copies printed, 18 were distributed to libraries. OCLC bears this out and shows that perhaps a few others have found their way into institutional hands. Leaving only a handful of copies in private collections. There is no evidence that the two volumes that were projected to follow this were ever completed. Rare.
Price: $350.00