Cloth
1991 · Washington, D. C.
by Library of Congress. Rare Books and Special Collections Division
Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy and as new in a lightly soiled plain dust jacket.. xxxv, 427 pp. Illus. with 98 color & b/w plates. Sm. 4to. One hundred essays about The Rosenwald Collection which "constitutes the largest single gathering of rare books at the Library of Congress, and ... represents one of the finest collections of books formed by any individual." Essays cover Manuscripts, Early Printing, Typography & Writing Books, Illustrated Books, Eighteenth-Century French Illustrated Books, William Blake, Modern Illustrated Books, Architecture, Bindings, Geography, Herbals, and Science. (Inventory #: 23574)