THE ESTIENNES. A Biographical Essay. Illustrated with Original Leaves from Books Printed by the Three Greatest Members of That Distinguished Family

by Pattison, Mark

Price: $250.00

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Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
Seller Inventory #: 5925
Book condition:
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Book Club of California.
Place: San Francisco
Date published: 1949

Book Description

San Francisco: The Book Club of California.. 1949. Folio. (14),42,(2)pp. Title with large woodcut device printed in red. With 3 tipped-in original leaves: from GALENI DE AFFECTORUM..." Paris: Henri Estienne. 1512; from EUSEBII PAMPHILI EVANGELICAE... in Greek. Paris: Robert Estienne. 1545; and from DIONIS CASSII ROMANORUM... Greek & Latin. Geneva: Henri II Estienne. 1592. Edition limited to 340 copies on Vidalon paper, printed at the Grabhorn Press. Cream cloth, paper spine label, over pictorial rose boards stamped in gilt. Orig. plain paper wrapper. Fine.

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