A Compend Of The Origin And Growth Of The Roman Letter In Reeds Old English Letter Foundries Cover

by American Type Founders

$750 · Offered by The Veatchs Arts of the Book

Boston, 1895 . 11 3/4 x 8 3/4, self-wraps, 24 pages. Wraps a bit soiled, small piece missing from lower margin of front wrap, last 3 leaves have closed tears; a very good copy of this fragile and rare type specimen. It is bound into Cockerel marbled boards fine cond. with leather cover label. Item #1592 Magnificent showing of ATF's Jensen Type, decorated initials, and Kelmscott-style borders, that changed the face

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