Excerpt from A Catalogue of a Selection of Engraved Titles and Frontispieces Published in England During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries The present collection of engraved book titles and frontispieces to books, though there are not a few rare pieces in it, does not, of course, pretend to completeness: it has no higher aim than to hint at the pleasant store of suggestion and anecdote that will reward the student of these unconsidered trifies, al though the artist, or even the amateur of en graving, should pass them ...
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Excerpt from A Catalogue of a Selection of Engraved Titles and Frontispieces Published in England During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries The present collection of engraved book titles and frontispieces to books, though there are not a few rare pieces in it, does not, of course, pretend to completeness: it has no higher aim than to hint at the pleasant store of suggestion and anecdote that will reward the student of these unconsidered trifies, al though the artist, or even the amateur of en graving, should pass them by with a smile of disdain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher:
[Printed by the De Vinne Press for the Grolier Club
Published:
1898
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16621322968
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Very Good. First edition, 1898. 12mo. vii, 42, [1] pp. Original green leather, spine gilt. Ex-lib., bearing institutional bookplate on front free endpaper and inkstamp on rear blank. Engraved bookplate of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt, founder of the Hunt Library, on front pastedown. Binding lightly scuffed at extremities. Very good. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Grolier Club running April 8 to 23, 1898.