[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Catalogue of the John Boyd Thatcher Collection of Incunabula
by Ashley, Frederick W
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Lockhart, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1915. First Edition. 4to (260 x 195 mm). Frontispiece portrait of the collector, 329 pp. Text with some foxing. Bound in original quarter morocco (head of spine chipped), top edge gilt. NOT EX-LIBRARY. Catalogue of incunabula from the John Boyd Thatcher collection, deposited with the Library of Congress in 1910. The catalogue is groundbreaking on account of the copy-specific descriptions of BINDINGS and PROVENANCE, which were almost never recorded in incunabula catalogues at this early date. With a long biographical sketch of the collector.
¶ From the famed bibliographical library of B.H. Breslauer (sale of the Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslauerana, Third Portion, 2005, lot 1300).
¶ From the famed bibliographical library of B.H. Breslauer (sale of the Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslauerana, Third Portion, 2005, lot 1300).
Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2208
- Title
- [INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Catalogue of the John Boyd Thatcher Collection of Incunabula
- Author
- Ashley, Frederick W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- U.S. Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1915
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About the Seller
Michael Laird Rare Books LLC
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Lockhart, Texas
About Michael Laird Rare Books LLC
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We invite you to browse through a selection of our inventory: we strive to present the greatest historic detail and bibliographic accuracy, even for lesser priced - but no less interesting - items. We are happy to provide further images of any item: please inquire.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Incunabula
- Incunabula (incunable or incunabulum) refers to a book printed before 1501 - a pamphlet, a book or document that was not...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....