[Rarebooks] FS: Leaf book of an English incunable (on paper made in England)
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(LEAF BOOKS) Heaney, Howell J. THREE LIONS AND THE CROSS OF LORRAINE.
Bartholomaeus Anglicus, John of Trevisa, John Tate, Wynkyn de Worde, and De
Proprietatibus Rerum. A Leaf Book with Essays by Howell Heaney, Dr. Lotte
Hellinga, Dr. Richard Hills. Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press. 1992. Tall 4to.
40,(2),(2)pp. Text printed in red & black. Plus 17 facsimile leaves with large
woodcut illustrations. Bound in at rear is a vinyl sleeve holding an original
double column text leaf from "De Proprietatibus Rerum" printed by Wynkyn de
Worde in 1495 or early 1496. Edition limited to 138 copies. Red morocco,
black leather spine label, over decorative boards. Fine. $1,250.00 (trade
discount allowed)
This is the first book to be printed on paper made in England. Disbound And
Dispersed, #200.
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