A Leaf from the Letters of St. Jerome first printed by Sixtus Reissinger, Rome c. 1466-1467
by St. Jerome; Jeremy Duquesnay Adams, John L. Sharpe III
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
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About This Item
Los Angeles and London: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge and H.M. Fletcher; Sixtus Reissinger, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio [6], 30, [3] pp. Printed letterpress on Frankfurt Cream Paper. Historical essay by Jeremy Duquesnay Adams, bibliographical essay by John L. Sharpe III, edited by Bennett Gilbert. Contains an original leaf from the edito princeps of St. Jerome's Letters, the first book printed in Rome. 15x11, quarter-vellum and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Number 132 of 300 copies. A fine copy. Leaf with minor margin soiling, nice antiquarian condition.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Sky Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4033
- Title
- A Leaf from the Letters of St. Jerome first printed by Sixtus Reissinger, Rome c. 1466-1467
- Author
- St. Jerome; Jeremy Duquesnay Adams, John L. Sharpe III
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Zeitlin & Ver Brugge and H.M. Fletcher; Sixtus Reissinger
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles and London
- Date Published
- 1981
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Folio
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- Fine
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....