Essai Typographique et Bibliographique Sur L'Histoire de la Gravure Sur Bois
Paris: [Typ. de Firmin Didot frères & fils], 1863. Leather bound. Red leather boards with gilt tooling; spine has five raised bands with extensive gilt tooling and lettering,all edge gilt, marble decorated end papers, title page with ornamental border, 2 preliminary leaves, [ix]-xiv columns, 1 leaf, [5]-316 columns, no illustrations. Good+ (damp staining to leather boards along botton corner and spine, damp staining to pages along bottom half, foxing on many pages. Pages are otherwise clear and readable.). Item #179158
Text is in French. By Ambroise Firmin Didot, to follow on from the Ancient and Modern Costumes by César Vecellio. Typographical and bibliographical essay on the history of wood engraving.
OCLC: 1200323
Price: $210.00