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Published by Boston, MA: David R. Godine, Publisher, (1974). (1974)., 1974
ISBN 10: 0879231076ISBN 13: 9780879231071
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very good. Boston, MA: David R. Godine, Publisher, (1974). (1974). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in decorative green wraps. The extremities are rubbed & the wraps are lightly bumped. Unpaginated. 27 full-page illustrations [26 decorative letters of the alphabet & an ampersand]. Near fine. Edited by Susan C. McCrillis.In his abecedarium, John McCrillis has created his own pantheon of great printers, from Aldus Mantius to Gunther Zainer, with a brief essay on each. His Gothic letters of the alphabet have been freely adapted from the illuminated initials in the Yale Library's copy of the Catholicon.