[Rarebooks] FS: Beautifully Printed LITTLE FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni with wood engravings

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ASSISI, Saint Francis of. THE LITTLE FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI. 
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Quarto (8-1/8" x 11-5/8") bound 
in cloth specially woven in blue and tan by Fortuny of Venice. The first 
English translation of 1864 revised by Dom Roger Hudleston. Designed and 
printed on deckle-edge mold-made paper by Hans Mardersteig at the 
Officina Bodoni in Verona, Italy. Illustrated with wood engravings by 
Paoli Molnar. Copy #830 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the 
colophon page. Some fading of covers; slight foxing to endpapers. A Near 
Fine example of this beautifully printed book, lacking the slipcase.     
     $125.00

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