A Distinguished Family of French Printers of the Sixteenth Century. Henri & Robert Estienne

Portrait frontispiece. 12 pp. Foolscap folio, Brooklyn, New York: Mergenthaler Linotype Company [Printed in London by George W. Jones at “The Sign of the Dolphin” in Gough Square], 1929. One of 400 copies on Kelmscott handmade paper. Vellum-backed patterned boards. Fine copy in worn slipcase.

The first book set in Linotype Estienne Old Face, which Jones designed and cut

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