A Book of Ornaments.
by TIMOTHY PRESS. GRIBELIN, Simon
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Meriden, Connecticut: Timothy Press, 1941. 6 plates of engraved ornaments by Simon Gribelin II, partially reprinted here in Collotype Facsimile. One of 310 copies. Introduction by Philip Hofer. Technical comments by Rudolph Ruzicka. Oblong 4to., original quarter black cloth over patterned paper covered boards, printed title label to upper cover. A good copy with slightly rubbing and darkening to extremities, slight offsetting to endpapers, ink shelf mark on ffep.||With the booklabel of Carl and Margaret Rollins. Carl Rollins was a Massachusetts printer and a typographic advisor to Yale University Press.|
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8632
- Title
- A Book of Ornaments.
- Author
- TIMOTHY PRESS. GRIBELIN, Simon
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Timothy Press
- Place of Publication
- Meriden, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- Timothy Press;Simon Gribelin;Rudolph Ruzicka;Ornaments;Engravings Book,Private Press, Printing & Typography
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