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Daguerre Savoie

237 - (Typography) – Early English Printing.
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Estimate €40 - €60
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(Typography) – Early English Printing. A series of facsimiles of all the typefaces used in England during the 15th century, including some used in the printing of English books abroad. With an introduction by Edward Gordon Duff. London, 1896 (Reprint, 1974). In-4, [2 ff], VIII, 40 pp, [39 ff] of facsimiles, publisher’s cloth binding. The 40 plates are annotated. Table of typefaces with the date of their first use. Also included: - DUFF (E. G.) et al. Hand-lists of Books printed by London Printers 1501–1556. Edinburgh University Press, 1899 (Reprint, 2009). In-4, XVI, 214 pp, illustrated cardboard binding by the publisher. In Great Britain, G. Duff pushed the study of early English prints to its very limits. Several illustrations taken from the works listed. - IVINS (William M.). Prints and Books. Informal papers. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1926. Small 8vo, X, 375 pp, modern red half-basane, ribbed spine. A collection of articles dealing mostly with illustrated books by early engravers and illustrators. Traces of water damage. - PLOMER (Henry R.). *English Printers’ Ornaments*. London, Grafton, 1924 (Reprint, 2008). 8vo, XII, 292 pp, publisher’s cloth. Pages 149 to 285 contain reproductions of the various decorative elements, typographical motifs, headers, footers, etc., used by English printers and typographers over the centuries.
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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Auction time 10/05/2026 at 2:00 PM
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