Author: G. B. Bodoni; H. V. Marrot [trans.]
Title: G.B. Bodoni&Apos;S Preface to the Manuale Tipografico of 1818
Description: London, Elkin Mathews LTD , 1925. Hardback. First English translation of Giambattista Bodoni's noted preface to his 'Manuale Tipografico,' published in a limited edition. Translated into English by H. V. Marrot. Manuale Tipografico was originally published in 1788 and again posthumously in a more popular edition of 1818; it consists of a collection of roman and italic typefaces, also with examples of Russia, Greek, and other types. This book is the first English translation to Bodoni's preface featured in the 1818 edition, one of three hundred copies for sale printed in Bodoni type on Van Gelder paper, this number one-hundred and two. With a preface by the translator.  In the original publisher's binding over paper covered boards. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, minor bumping to extremities of spine and boards, general light soiling. Arnold Pates' bookplate to front pastedown, lightly offsetting to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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