Early woodcut initials: containing over thirteen hundred reproductions of ornamental letters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / selected and annotated by Oscar Jennings
1908, 1st edition. London : Methuen and Co. Provenance: The Hartland Library collection. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #309366
Physical description: x, 287 pages, including facsimiles 29 cm. Notes: Process illus. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Initials. Wood-engraving. Block books. Illustrated books. Initials History. Block books History. Book ornamentation History. Printing History. Lettering. Alphabets. Other names: T. and A. Constable. Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress)
Genre: Block books. Fiction. Illustrated. Illustrated books.
Price: €525.00