[Rarebooks] FS: "A Genuine Caxton Leaf from Higden's 'Policronicon' Westminster 1482"

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(LEAF BOOKS) Dawson's Bookshop. A GENUINE CAXTON LEAF FROM HIGDEN'S 
"POLICRONICON," WESTMINSTER 1482. Los Angeles: Dawson's Bookshop. (1934). Folio. 
(6)pp. Woodcut Caxton device on title. With an original leaf (8-3/4" x 6") 
from Higden's Polycronicon inlaid to size. Leaf is rubricated in red with some 
old soiling on the recto (verso quite clean). Orig. full sheep, front cover 
stamped in gilt. Minor chips at extremities of spine.     $1,500.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
DISBOUND AND DISPERSED, #62. Limitation not stated but quite scarce. OCLC 
records only 6 copies.

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