Eugrammia Press (4 results)

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Single sheet folded once to form four 12 by 8 inch printed pages, printed in red and black. With a colotype of two pages from the book. One faint soft fold, else a fine copy. Enclosed in a mildly edgeworn Eugrammia Press card folder.

Condition: Good. Prospectus for facsimile edition of Pierre Simon Fournier's Modéles des Caracteres de l'Imprimerie (1742). 4to. One 22 x 9 inch sheet of heavy paper folded once to make a 4-pp. booklet. Pages 2 through 4 reproduce type samples, with one page folding out to an 11 x 17 inch sheet. Illustrated. Slightly creased around lower edge, with one bumped corner, but Very Good Plus. From the collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. (1926-2014) the founder of the Detroit based reference book publisher, Gale Research.

Condition: Good. Prospectuses for facsimile editions of Albrecht Dürer's Apocalypse (1498) and L'Apocalypse Figureé (1555) by Jean Duvet. Prospectus for Dürer's Apocalypse: 4to. One 16-1/2 x 12 inch sheet of laid paper folded once to make a 4-pp. booklet. Printed in sepia and black inks. Page 1 displays sample woodcut from edition printed in sepia ink above a title printed black. Inner pages with sample page, and a full-page woodcut. Page four gives descriptive text. Prospectus for Duvet's Apocalypse Figureé: 4to. One 10-1/8 by 15 inch sheet folded once to make a 4-pp. booklet. Printed on laid paper in red and black inks. Inner pages display sample pages from book, including a full-page woodcut. Brochure laid in, a 9-3/16 x 9 inch sheet folded once to make a 4-pp. booklet, with reviews of the edition. Both prospectuses have been folded once for mailing. Durer's Apocalypse is slightly creased around fold, but Very Good Plus. Duvet's Apocalypse is Near Fine.From the collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. (1926-2014) the founder of the Detroit based reference book publisher, Gale Research.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Quarter red morocco git with printed cloth-covered boards, folio, unpaginated, illustrated with 23 colotypes of engravings by Jean Duvet from the 1561de Tournes Book of Revelation. One of 735 numbered copies (this copy out of series) printed by L. van Leer & Co. Ltd in Amsterdam on specially made Balston paper and bound by Zaehnsdorf. The 30 page paperbound translation into French by Louis Segond is loosely inserted. Minor extremity wear and faded spine, else a clean, very good copy.