[Rarebooks] Offered: Nicolas Jenson's last will and testament, 1928
Nina W. Matheson
matheson at boo.net
Wed Aug 10 20:05:15 EDT 2011
Friends and Colleagues,
Offered today:
Jenson, Nicolas. The last will and testament of the late Nicolas
Jenson. [Chicago, Ludlow Typograph Company, 1928]. Original embossed
white paper boards. Fine in blue cloth dust jacket with title in gold
on the backstrip. 15 pp. Translated by Pierce Butler. "Ludlow-set in
a trial font of sixteen point Nicolas Jenson, a new type designed by
Ernst Detterer, interpreting as faithfully as possible the original
roman type of Jenson..". (65975) $45.00
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