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JONES (George W.). Some Books from the Library of George W. Jones Formerly at Monkbarns, Northwood.1937
[Printed for Private Circulation at The Sign of The Dolphin]. Folio, [x],111,[3]pp., printed in Linotype Estienne with Civilite headings, Cockerell marbled paper boards, title label to spine, uncut. "This [library] was designed to be a guide and inspiration to a working printer and to illustrate the history of printing and all its adjuncts: types, pages, margins, woodcut and other decoration. The great names of Gutenberg, Fust and Schoeffer, Zel, Sweynheym and Pannartz, Wendolin of Speier, Jenson, Crantz, Gering and Friburger, and Caxton appear, and there are a number of examples of the fine borders and initials produced by the Zainers at Augsburg and Ulm and by Ratdolt at Venice."—Preface. Rogerson, 26.
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