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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 12mo. One of 400 copies printed in Linotype Granjon on Kelmscott hand-made paper. Quarter parchment with marbled paper-covered boards." Reprint of the original which was published in Frankfort in 1568. Six engraved illustrations representing the printing trades: the printer, bookbinder, type-founder, papermaker, draughtsman and woodcutter as well as the original verses by Hans Sachs, a popular Nuremberg poet. With an additional leaf loosely laid in showing the text of two short letters to the publisher explaining the disposition of two copies of this book to the Bodley library. Pristine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Reprint of the original which was published in Frankfort in 1568. One of 400 copies. 12mo. volume bound in vellum (simulated?) spine with marbled paper-covered boards. Six engraved illustrations. Contains an additional leaf loosely laid in showing the text of two short letters to the publisher explaining the disposition of two copies of this book. Near fine condition. 19 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. limited ediiton. 19, [ii] pp. with Six of the Illustrations by Jobst Amman. Limited to 400 copies only and printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper. Facsimile edition in the original quarter vellum binding with marbled boards. The six trades illustrated and described are The Printer; The Bookbinder; The Typefounder; The Papermaker; The Draughtsman; The woodcutter. Neat ink inscription in contemporary hand to the top corner of the front free end-paper.

Condition: Fine. 400 copies. 400 copies. 8vo. 19p. Reproductions of the six small wood cuts from the sixteenth century by Jobst Amman printed on the rectos only. The accompanying doggerel verse below each cut. Bound in untitled quarter parchments over marbled boards. The illustrations represent The Printer, The Bookbinder, The Typefounder, The Papermaker, The Draughstman, The Woodcutter.

Board. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good/Very Good. John Amman (illustrator). Limited. A version of the title originally published in Frankfort in 1568 Edition of 400 copies pp 20 A crisp book in a moderately worn glassine wrapper. Pics available Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Jobst Amman (illustrator). Limited. This 19 page Edition Limited to 400 Copies is printed on handmade paper and proudly presented in marbled parchment-backed boards with tan cloth spine.all now mylar protected. Inside are 6 beautiful woodcuts of trades related to books by Jobst Amman. First published in Frankfort in 1568.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 400 copies printed in Linotype Granjon on Kelmscott hand-made paper. Quarter parchment with marbled paper-covered boards. A fine copy. The trades represented are: Printer; Bookbinder; Typefounder; Papermaker; Draughtsman; Woodcutter.