Printed pages from European literature : a portfolio of original leaves taken from rare and notable books and manuscripts. Apart from their picturesque qualities and historic interest, these specimens will prove of great value in tracing the evolution of the printed page and the hand lettering from which it sprang. Though complete in itself, this portfolio is one of a series covering the world's literature from earliest times to the present day.

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Imprint:New York : Society of Foliophiles, [1925]
Description:1 portfolio ([1] leaf, [20] folders, [20] leaves of specimens) : ill. ; 33 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12313728
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Other authors / contributors:Brown, G. M. L. (George M. L.), editor.
Society of Foliophiles, publisher.
Provenance:Correction in pen on folder 13, crossing out "1674": 1574.
Notes:Title, publisher, and place of publication from the top cover of the portfolio box (publisher precedes place of publication). Date of publication from the introduction ([1] leaf).
On printed limitation slip attached to inside of cover of slipcase: "Only two hundred of this portfolio have been issued, which obviously ends the edition for all time. This is number [blank]."
Contains an introduction ([1] leaf) by G.M.L. Brown and folders (no. [1]-[20]) each having on its front page descriptive notes on the work from which the original leaf is enclosed in the folder. The text of the notes is printed within a double-line frame. Folders are enclosed in a portfolio cardboard box.
De Hamel, C. Disbound and dispersed, 24

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Call Number: f Z250.B87 1925
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