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A Short Account of the Life and Work of Wynkyn de Worde with a Leaf from the Golden Legend Printed by Him at the Sign of the Sun in Fleet Street, London, the Year 1527 [Leaf Book]
de Grabhorn, Robert [Wynkyn de Worde]
- Usado
- near fine
- Estado
- near fine
- Librería
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
San Francisco: the Book Club of California, 1949. Undetermined. near fine. edition limited to 375 copies. [vi], 15, [2]pp. Folio. Quarter cloth over decorative floral paper boards. Paper label to spine and decorative paper label to front board. Cloth and corners a touch rubbed, else a fine copy. The original leaf is tipped to page [V] and is in near fine antiquarian condition, with some minor age-toning and one small chip to foredge. An interesting leaf book, printed in red and black, with an account of the life and works of Wynkyn de Worde, including two pages of examples of his printer's marks. The original leaf is from de Worde's 1527 printing in English of the Golden Legend. The leaf is from "The Lyfe of Saynt Partyke." and is printed in two columns with a gilt line drawn between the columns on the verso of the leaf. An attractive production with a leaf printed by one of England's great, early printers and the successor to William Caxton. (Dispersed and Disbound 100) 1949
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- Librería
- Aquila Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 135658
- Título
- A Short Account of the Life and Work of Wynkyn de Worde with a Leaf from the Golden Legend Printed by Him at the Sign of the Sun in Fleet Street, London, the Year 1527 [Leaf Book]
- Autor
- Grabhorn, Robert [Wynkyn de Worde]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Undetermined
- Estado del libro
- Usado - near fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- the Book Club of California
- Lugar de publicación
- San Francisco
- Fecha de publicación
- 1949
- Palabras clave
- Books About Books|Early Printed Book|History of Printing|Leaf Book|The Golden Legend|Wynkyn de Worde|Grabhorn Press
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- Books About Books;
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
