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PRINTER'S ABECEDARIUM
by McCrillis, John O. C
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0879231076
- ISBN 13
- 9780879231071
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: David R. Godine, Publisher, (1974).. (1974).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in decorative green wraps. The extremities are rubbed & the wraps are lightly bumped. Unpaginated. 27 full-page illustrations [26 decorative letters of the alphabet & an ampersand]. Near fine. <p>Edited by Susan C. McCrillis.<p>In his abecedarium, John McCrillis has created his own pantheon of great printers, from Aldus Mantius to Gunther Zainer, with a brief essay on each. His Gothic letters of the alphabet have been freely adapted from the illuminated initials in the Yale Library's copy of the Catholicon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24059
- Title
- PRINTER'S ABECEDARIUM
- Author
- McCrillis, John O. C
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0879231076
- ISBN 13
- 9780879231071
- Publisher
- Boston, MA: David R. Godine, Publisher, (1974).
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- (1974).
- Keywords
- BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; ALPHABET BOOKS; ABECEDARIUMS; JOHN O. C. MCCRILLIS; PRINTING; PRINTERS; PRINTER'S ABECEDARIUM.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books-on-Books;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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