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by Claude Lamesle

$7,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. 2 leaves, initial blank and tite leaves , 78 leaves of type specimens and 12 leaves of music type four in black and red . 92 leaves in all, including initial blank. 1 vols. Small 4to. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, edges stained red. Joints and corners neatly repaired, occasional minor soiling, otherwise a fine copy. Cloth box. Audin 27; Birrell & Garnett, 35; Bigmore & Wyman, p. 419; Updike, Printing

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