[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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