Gesta Typographica, Or, A Medley for Printers and Others,

£70 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Presentation copy inscribed by the author: ‘George Allen Eq. from Charles T. Jacobi, Oct / 97’ in black in to the ffep. The recipient, George Allen (1832-1907) was the founder of the publishing firm George Allen Co., which later became Allen Unwin, one of the streams that merged to form the mighty river of HarperCollins. An appropriate presentation from one master-printer to another. Jacobi was the managing partner of the Chiswick Press, and was a leading authority on printing and typography. Bookplate of Frederick Robert Gale. With various newspaper clippings loosely inserted, including two obituaries of Jacobi from April 6 1933 (The Times, British and Colonial Printer and Stationer). Nelson, EM, 1897.8. Very good copy with small rubber stamp on two of the preliminaries and extremely light wear at two corners of fragile paper-covered boards.

• Binding: Hardcover

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