Joannis Baskerville (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. vi. 415 pages. Contempory full calf with greek gilt lozenges. All edges in gilt. Expertly re-backed. Darlow and Moule 4755 From the Coleridge library with bookplate front endpaper. In a neat small hand on the front endpaper is an inscription stating "given to him March 21 1809 by his relation, friend, and Tutor C Yonge" and a Coleridge signature and the initials C.C.C. These initials are repeated on the title page.

Leather. Condition: Good Only. None (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first Baskerville edition of the New Testament. One of only 500 quarto editions produced by Baskerville. Printed in Greek and in Latin.The text of this New Testament mostly reproduces the text edited by John Mills, which is one of the most famous eighteenth century Greek testaments. This Baskerville printing was issued in 4to and 8vo, with 500 4to copies ordered and 2000 in 4vo.This is a bright wide-margined copy of this work.Bound with the half title.ESTC reference no: T94898.In need of a sympathetic rebind, this copy remains extremely bright internally. In a contemporary full calf binding. The boards are detached but present. Loss to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the odd spots. Good Only. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 2 Blätter, 676 Seiten. Dunkelroter Maroquinband auf 5 Bünden mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, Linienvergoldung auf dem Rücken, reiche Deckel-, Steh- und Innenkantenvergoldung, Seidenmoiréevorsätze, dreiseitiger Goldschnitt, auf dem Rückdeckel mitttig das "Auge der Vorsehung", von einem Strahlenkranz umgeben und von einem Dreieck umschlossen, das auf die Trinität verweist, 1895 luxuriös gebunden von Zaehnsdorf (Kapitale oben und unten gering beschädigt, Leder auf dem Rücken vertikal mittig 1 mm breit berieben).Sehr schönes Exemplar der Oktav-Ausgabe des Novum testamentum in der von Baskerville entworfenen griechischen Schrifttype und gebunden von Joseph William Zaehnsdorf, einem der bedeutendsten englischen Buchbinder. - Gaskell Add. 2; ESTC T94889; Darlow & Moule 4755. - Baskerville's Greek typeface was used for two editions of the New Testament printed in 1763: a quarto in 500 copies, and an octavo in 2000 copies ? and never again thereafter. Negative critical reception may have contributed to its abandonment, but Baskerville has recently been reassessed by Gerry Leonidas as an important predecessor of more modern types. - Innen ein absolut makelloses Exemplar.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 700.