[Rarebooks] fs: TOOVEY'S SUPERB 1880 LIST OF ALDINES

[Norman Kane]

WE CAN OFFER:

A CATALOGUE OF AN EXTENSIVE AND EXTRAORDINARY ASSEMBLAGE OF THE PRODUCTIONS 
OF THE ALDINE PRESS, FROM ITS FIRST ESTABLISHMENT AT VENICE IN 1494, 
TOGETHER WITH LYONESE AND VENETIAN COUNTERFEITS, THE GIUNTA AND OTHER WORKS 
ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE SERIES.   London: James Toovey, 1880.   Octavo, 
original  quarter leather with marbled boards, edges rubbed.  Nicely 
printed on heavy paper by the Chiswick Press.  Indeed, an extraordinary 
collection, which Toovey priced at 4000 pounds.   $225.00


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