[Rarebooks] FS: A leaf from the 1st book printed in Rome. 1466-67

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(LEAF BOOKS) A LEAF FROM THE LETTERS OF ST. JEROME First Printed by Sixtus Reissinger, Rome c. 1466-1467. With an Historical Essay by Jeremy Duquesnay Adams and a Bibliographical Essay by John L. Sharpe III. Edited by Bennett Gilbert. Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge and H.M. Fletcher. 1981. Folio (15" tall). (4),30,(6)pp. With an original leaf laid into a folded pocket. Title page printed in red and black. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies (see below). Vellum spine stamped in gilt over marbled boards.             $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
This leaf is purported to be from the first book printed in Rome. Though this leaf book was intended to be a limited edition of 300 copies, a note from the publisher reports that due to various publication mishaps the final number of copies was closer to 200. DISBOUND AND DISPERSED, #170.

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