(Leaf Book)
Nicolas Jenson, Printer of Venice: His Famous Type Designs and Some Comment Upon the Printing Types of Earlier Printers.
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1926. Folio. One of 207 copies. Inscribed by Nash on front endpaper. An original leaf from the Jenson Plutarch of 1478 accompanied Bullen's essay on Jenson as type designer, which has been set by Nash in a recut version of Jenson's Roman type Scattered foxing thoughout, heaviest toward endleaves, overall nearly fine in vellum-backed marbled boards, which show some rubbing to extremities. Some wear to morocco lettering piece on spine. Item #31728
(Chalmers 26).
Price: $850.00