ONE OF 50 IN FULL BINDING
Alphabetum Romanum. Introduction and bibliogarphical notes by Giovanni Mardersteig. Italian text with English translation by R.H. Boothroyd.
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1960.
Price: $1,400.00
About the item
One of 50 copies bound in full morocco. Ilustrated with 25 plates of letters colored by hand, heliogravure plates and specimens of Feliciano's writing. 137, [3]pp. 1 vols. 8vo ( 6-1/8 x 9-1/8 inches). ONE OF 50 IN FULL BINDING. Bound in full brown morocco, t.e.g., rest uncut. Fine in slipcase. Mardersteig 121; Barr 60.
Item #323149
“…after decades of research, I was able to publish the book - with my introduction, set in my type, printed on my press, and in a manner that does justice to the earliest construction of the alphabet within square and circle.” (Mardersteig).
