Title: Aldus Pius Manutius. With an essay by Theodore Low De Vinne together with a leaf from the Aldine Hypnertomachia Poliphili printed at Venice in 1499 Author: De Vinne, Theodore Low Place: San Francisco Publisher: Book Club of California Date: 1924 Description: Illustrated with decorative headpieces after wood-cuts in the Aldine Hypnerotomachia, plus an inserted original leaf from the Aldine Hypnerotomachia Poliphili printed at Venice in 1499. (4to) original brown boards backed with black cloth, gilt-lettered spine. No. 180 of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press in hand-set Poliphilus type on Kelmscott paper. This copy with a leaf of text, without illustration. Other copies had leaves with ornamental borders or woodcuts with the original issue price varying depending on the value of the leaf. GB 67.BCC 22. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed; very good. Item number: 246651
Title: Aldus Pius Manutius. With an essay by Theodore Low De Vinne together with a leaf from the Aldine Hypnertomachia Poliphili printed at Venice in 1499 Author: De Vinne, Theodore Low Place: San Francisco Publisher: Book Club of California Date: 1924 Description: Illustrated with decorative headpieces after wood-cuts in the Aldine Hypnerotomachia, plus an inserted original leaf from the Aldine Hypnerotomachia Poliphili printed at Venice in 1499. (4to) original brown boards backed with black cloth, gilt-lettered spine. No. 180 of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press in hand-set Poliphilus type on Kelmscott paper. This copy with a leaf of text, without illustration. Other copies had leaves with ornamental borders or woodcuts with the original issue price varying depending on the value of the leaf. GB 67.BCC 22. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed; very good. Item number: 246651
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