06-01-201306-01-2013
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June 1, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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Barker, Nicolas Aldus Manutius and the Development of Greek Script & Type in the Fifteenth Century

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$780$650
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2658BLocation: BostonDate / Time: June 01, 2013 11:00AM

Description:

Barker, NicolasAldus Manutius and the Development of Greek Script & Type in the Fifteenth Century. Sandy Hook, Connecticut: Chiswick Book Shop, 1985.
Folio, first edition, with original leaves from the first Aldine editions of Aristotle, 1497; Crastonus's Dictionarium Graecum, 1497; Euripides, 1503; and the Septuagint, 1518, in the original publisher's binding and matching slipcase, prospectus and original receipt inserted.
[and] ten titles in bibliography and the history of printing, including D.B. Updike's Printing Types, and eight others. (11)
Estimate $700-900


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Keywords

Connecticut, printing