Description: As part of a large collection of "books about books" and the history of printing, typography, leaf books, fine press books, marbling, parchment and paper, book-binding and book collecting, and the book arts, we offer here one of the most beautiful books on a Renaissance library's collection and an important contribution to the history of bindings:HOBSON, ANTHONYApollo and Pegasus. An Enquiry into the Formation and Dispersal of a Renaissance Library.1600. Original publisher's dark-blue cloth hardback, gilt lettering on red label spin, blindstamped ornament frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, large 4to: coloured frontispiece, xviij, 250pp., [ij], 1 other coloured plate, 50 text-illustrations, family tree Grimaldi family, 32 page-large bl. & wh. plates, list plates & figures, abbreviations, index Apollo & Pegasus bindings, index books printed before 1600 and manuscripts, general index. Very fine copy. Printed in 652 copies.PLEASE SEE OUR OTHER ITEMS FOR MORE FINE PRESS BOOKS, LEAF BOOKS, AND BOOKS ON HISTORY OF PRINTING AND TYPOGRAPHY.
Price: 149.99 USD
Location: Lexington, Virginia
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Shipping Cost: 8 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
Year Printed: 1975
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: Netherlands
Topic: History of Printing & Libraries
Binding: Hardcover
Region: Europe
Author: Anthony Hobson
Subject: History of Printing & Bookbinding in Renaissance
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Van Heusden
Special Attributes: 1 of 652 copies (not numbered), 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Limited Edition
