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Rarities of Numismata typographica : four examples of early Dutch printers', bookbinders' & booksellers' guild medals : cast in sterling silver from original specimens

Title
Rarities of Numismata typographica : four examples of early Dutch printers', bookbinders' & booksellers' guild medals : cast in sterling silver from original specimens / descriptions by William Blades ; introduction by Henry Morris.
Author
Blades, William, 1824-1890.
Publication
Newtown, PA : Bird & Bull Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Morris, Henry, 1925-2019.
  • Bird & Bull Press, publisher
Description
32 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm +
Alternative Title
Four rarities of Numismata typographica.
Subject
  • Medals
  • Printing > History
  • Numismatics
Genre/Form
Private press books – Pennsylvania – Newtown – 1996.
Note
  • "120 copies printed at Bird & Bull Press in November 1995, from Dante types composed by Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari at Golgonooza Letter Foundry. Bound by Campbell Logan Bindery. Silver medals made by Ronnie DaVinci Co."--Colophon.
  • Accompanying medals mounted in folder with title: "Four rarities of Numismata typographica : specimens"; book and folder in cloth slipcase.
Binding (note)
  • Book bound in publisher's brown cloth boards with label laid on spine ; silver medals housed in brown paper folder ; both housed in brown cloth slipcase.
Call Number
Rare Books 20-489
OCLC
34797703
Author
Blades, William, 1824-1890.
Title
Rarities of Numismata typographica : four examples of early Dutch printers', bookbinders' & booksellers' guild medals : cast in sterling silver from original specimens / descriptions by William Blades ; introduction by Henry Morris.
Imprint
Newtown, PA : Bird & Bull Press, 1996.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Binding
Book bound in publisher's brown cloth boards with label laid on spine ; silver medals housed in brown paper folder ; both housed in brown cloth slipcase. NN
Local Note
Copy in Rare Books 20-489 is no. 82 of 120 copies.
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Added Author
Morris, Henry, 1925-2019.
Blades, William, 1824-1890. Numismata typographica.
Bird & Bull Press, publisher.
Added Title
Four rarities of Numismata typographica.
Research Call Number
Rare Books 20-489
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