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Folio Society. Original Leaves from Famous European Books, London: 1961
Folio Society. Original Leaves from Famous European Books, London: The Folio Society, [1961], 12 single printed leaves (8 folio), mounted on 10 thick card window mounts (2 with two leaves mounted together), with single leaf of descriptive text (plus duplicate), loose in original cloth book-box with morocco label to spine, large folio. NOTE: Produced in an edition of only 100 copies. The examples are taken from St. Augustine's De Civitate Dei, Rome 1470, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493, Aldine Dante, Venice 1502, Ovid Metamorphoses, Lyons 1584, Estienne's Herodotus, Geneva 1592, Plantin Missal, Antwerp 1610, Elzevir Sallust 1634, The Imprimerie Royale 'Medailles', 1723, Ibarra Bible, Madrid 1767, Aesop's Fables, Paris 1769, De Imitatione Christi, Paris 1788 and Thomson's Seasons, Parma 1794.

Folio Society. Original Leaves from Famous European Books, London: 1961

SKU: LavallinsRB0488
£1,050.00Price

  • Published by:

    Folio Society

  • Date Published:

    C1961

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