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THE OFFICINA BODONI: The Operation of a Hand-press during the first six years of its work. [By Giovanni Mardersteig.]
Paris & New York, Editiones Offiocinae Bodoni, at the sign of the Pegasus [printed in Verona at the Officina Bodoni], 1929. First English edition ltd. to 500 copies, small folio, 82pp., original beige buckram, t.e.g., 12 woodcuts by Frans Masereel, 13 illustrations and specimens, and the devices of the press (printed in red and blue); a fine copy in the dust-jacket (slightly soiled, one or two small tears at extremities). The catalogue raisonee of the first six years of the famous press was printed also in Italian (200 copies) and German (350 copies). Officina Bodoni Bibliography, 32.
Offered for US$ 1750.00 by: Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB - Book number: 5521