[OFFICINA BODONI]
Two works on calligraphy. Comprises THOMAS, HENRY and STANLEY MORISON. Andres Brun, Calligrapher of Saragossa. Some Account of His Life and Work ... with a facsimile in collotype of the surviving text and plates of his two writing books 1583 & 1612. [Bodoni Press for] Pegasus Press, 1928. Copy 96 from an edition of 175. Publisher's decorated cloth. 12 x 8 3/4 inches (30.5 x 22 cm); 32 pp., [iv], 49 ff. facsimile. Very light wear; and VICENTIO, LUDOVICO DEGLI ARRIGHI. The Calligraphic Models of Ludovico degli Arrighi, called Vicentino. A complete facsimile and Introduction by Stanley Morison. Paris: Privately printed for Frederic Warde [by the Officina Bodoni], 1926. One of 300 copies printed in the Arrighi types. Vellum spine, paste-paper sides as issued, in modern slipcase. 9 7/8 x 6 1/8 inches (25 x 15.5 cm); xvi, 63, [1] pp. Spine minutely soiled, light wear.
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[OFFICINA BODONI]
Two works on calligraphy. Comprises THOMAS, HENRY and STANLEY MORISON. Andres Brun, Calligrapher of Saragossa. Some Account of His Life and Work ... with a facsimile in collotype of the surviving text and plates of his two writing books 1583 & 1612. [Bodoni Press for] Pegasus Press, 1928. Copy 96 from an edition of 175. Publisher's decorated cloth. 12 x 8 3/4 inches (30.5 x 22 cm); 32 pp., [iv], 49 ff. facsimile. Very light wear; and VICENTIO, LUDOVICO DEGLI ARRIGHI. The Calligraphic Models of Ludovico degli Arrighi, called Vicentino. A complete facsimile and Introduction by Stanley Morison. Paris: Privately printed for Frederic Warde [by the Officina Bodoni], 1926. One of 300 copies printed in the Arrighi types. Vellum spine, paste-paper sides as issued, in modern slipcase. 9 7/8 x 6 1/8 inches (25 x 15.5 cm); xvi, 63, [1] pp. Spine minutely soiled, light wear.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, May 11, 2023