Author: Brown, G.M.L.
15 printed folders, each containing an original leaf from a notable European printing, set loose in folding box along with prefatory leaf. 12¾x10, paper label on box title containing title and imprint. No. 148 of 200 copies.
The leaves include the 1554 printing of Josephus by Jerome Froben and Nichola Episcopius in Basle; "In Psalterium Expositio from the press of Johann de Amerbach, 1491; Piso's natural history, "De Indiae Utriusque...," printed by the Elzevirs in 1658; Magini's Geographiae Universale, printd by Keschedt, 1597; Henry Stephanus' 1510 printing of Aristotle; and more.
Heading: (Foliophiles)
Place Published: New York
Publisher Name: The Foliophiles
Date Published: 1925
15 printed folders, each containing an original leaf from a notable European printing, set loose in folding box along with prefatory leaf. 12¾x10, paper label on box title containing title and imprint. No. 148 of 200 copies.
The leaves include the 1554 printing of Josephus by Jerome Froben and Nichola Episcopius in Basle; "In Psalterium Expositio from the press of Johann de Amerbach, 1491; Piso's natural history, "De Indiae Utriusque...," printed by the Elzevirs in 1658; Magini's Geographiae Universale, printd by Keschedt, 1597; Henry Stephanus' 1510 printing of Aristotle; and more.
Heading: (Foliophiles)
Place Published: New York
Publisher Name: The Foliophiles
Date Published: 1925
Condition report
Some scuffing and wear to box; the limitation statement, formerly glued to the inside of the box, has come loose, very good or better.
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Rare Books & Manuscripts
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