English Book Prospectuses by John Feather
20. (Bird & Bull Press) English Book Prospectuses. An Illustrated History. By John Feather. Newtown. Daedalus Press. Minneapolis. 1984. 109p. 9.75” x 6.375”. Sepia tip-in and facsimiles throughout. Set in Spectrum types and printed on Arches mouldmade paper. Black morocco spine and tips, with title in gilt on spine; with ‘Dutch Gilt’ paper boards reproduced from an 18th-century German decorated paper. With a brown card portfolio of 14 larger facsimiles of prospectuses. All in a brown paper board slipcase. One in an edition of 325 copies. Fine. Prospectus laid in.
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