The first Paris press. An account of the books printed for G. Fichet and J. Heynlin in the Sorbonne, 1470-1472.
London: printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press, 1898 for 1897. First edition, 4to, pp. vi, 100, [1]; frontispiece illustration, ornamental headpiece and initial, 10 full-page facsimiles in the text, and printer's device at the end; a fine, uncut copy in somewhat later natural linen over tan paper-covered boards, lettered in black direct on spine; with "Corrigenda et addenda" tipped in at p. 100.This copy from the library of Roy Stokes (d. 1995), renowned bibliographer, author, and director of the library school at the University of British Columbia; with his ownership signature on front free endpaper. No. VI in the Bibliographical Society's Illustrated Monographs series. Item #27832
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