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Ricketts.Defence..Revival of Printing,Vale,1899

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one of 250 copies on Arnold's unbleached handmade paper, printed in Vale type by the Ballantyne Press, wood-engraved border, initial and device by Charles Ricketts, A.E.Gallatin's copy with his bookplate and pencil signature dated 1901, original boards with paper labels, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, modern cloth slip-case, 8vo, 190 x 125mm., Hacon and Ricketts, 1899.

***This apologia for the art of printing rejects the generally accepted notion, embraced by William Morris, that to be truly beautiful the printed book must retain a genealogical link or sympathy with the medieval manuscript. A.E.Gallatin (1881-1952), American collector, writer on art and bibliographer of Ricketts and Max Beerbohm amongst others..

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