Elzevier Press (2 results)

Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Printed in reddish-brown and black and illustrated with photographs, printer's marks, type specimens, etc. Three separate volumes, variously bound, contained within a cream paper-covered box, titled in white, lined with marbled paper. A fine copy. Contents: A Tale of Fonts, 1658-1713; Proeve der Drukkerye van Mr Abraham Elzevier; Specimen typorum, Johannis Elsevirii.…

Gilt-decorated Morocco. Condition: Near Fine. French language. [xii], 566, [22] pp. Full extra-gilt red morocco with the tiny binders stamp 'ALLO' on the front turn-in. Henry IV's arms in gilt embossed to the boards, also covered in gilt-stamped fleur-de-lis, raised bands and gilt lettering to spine; all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Minor yellowing to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Title Title page illustrated with a black & white drawing of Henry IV. Hardouin de Perefixe was the Archbishop of Paris: the book is panegyric and exhortation of moral virtue to Louis XIV whom Perefixe tutored, mainly advising him against imitating the lustful adultery of Henry IV. Beautifully bound 12mo.…