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Some observations on the colophon / compiled by Geoff Spencer.
- Title
- Some observations on the colophon / compiled by Geoff Spencer.
- Author
- Spencer, Geoffrey.
- Publication
- [Vancouver? : Alcuin Society], 1972.
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- Description
- folder ([6] p., [21] leaves) : col. facsims.; 18 cm.
- Summary
- "A specimen booklet illustrating ... what is good and what is bad in the "finishing stroke" or statement of pedigree in a fine book ... Most of the specimens are from the author's own library"--Folder.
- Series Statement
- The Alcuin Society's 1972 Keepsake
- Uniform Title
- The Alcuin Society's 1972 Keepsake.
- Subject
- Colophons
- Genre/Form
- printer's marks.
- Note
- "This printing is limited to 500 copies, of which this is copy no. 398."
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The first colophons, 1457-1520 A.D. -- Production data from mass-produced trade books published in unlimited editions -- Colophons from mass-produced trade books published in limited editions -- Colophons from private press books -- Colophons from limited edition societies.
- OCLC
- 2196975
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library