Das Alte Buch und seine Ausstattung vom XV. bis zum XIX. Jahrhundert: Buchdruck, Buchschmuck und Einb‰nde

Book Description

Vienna Verlag Gerlach & Wiedling ca. 1910 Third edition g Portfolio. 4to. 148 pages. Pictorial gold-stamped paper-covered boards with string ties. Gray cloth spine with lettering. Head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Minor staining, discoloration and scuffing to boards. Two-inch split along tail of spine on front board but firmly holding. Illustrated title page, signature of previous owner on upper right corner of same page. Portfolio on book printing, book decorations- and bindings from the 15th to the 19th century. Profusely illustrated with 1376 b/w plates. Part of the series "Die Quelle", Mappe XIII. Introduction by Heinrich Rˆttinger. "1376 Abbildungen auf 74 doppelseitigen Buch- und Lichtdrucktafeln." Text in German and Latin. Binding in good, interior in very good condition.

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