[Rarebooks] Offered: a fine association copy from Breslauer to Rosenthal

[Nina W. Matheson]

Friends and colleagues,

We offer on this very hot and sleepy afternoon the following:

Breslauer, B. H. Count Heinrich IV zu Castell, a German Renaissance 
book collector and the bindings made for him during his student years 
in Orleans, Paris, and Bologna. Austin, W. Thomas Taylor, 1987.. 
Original pale green paper boards stamped in gold. Folio. Upper rear 
corner bumped, otherwise fine in publisher's box. 38 pp. Four 
tipped-in numbered color plates, plus a tipped-in color frontispiece. 
#47 of 175 numbered copies. Inscribed by the author on the second 
front endpaper: "To Felix Rosenthal on his eightieth birthday with 
all the good wishes of his friend the author / Bernard Breslauer / 
12:I:1997". Felix Rosenthal was director of L'Art Ancien, Zurich, for 
a number of years. A fine association.  (65035) $300.00. Usual trade terms.

With warm regards,


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