London, Cassell & Comp., 1960, in-8°, 25 x 15,5 cm, 302 pp, b/w ills, index, publisher's cloth with d.w. (cloth and d.w. soiled). The best introduction in the English language to the humanist editor and printer Plantin.
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Labore et constantia : a collection of 510 editions issued by Christopher Plantin from 1555 till 1589 Hardcover, 24,5 x 16,5 cm, 465 pp, illustarated, very good condition
, Antwerp, J.-E. Buschmann, 1930.**, Bound, 14x22cm, 88pp, illustrated./
Translation from the Flemish by Alice Van Riel-Goransson. Nr. 426 of the 450 exemplaires.
6. New York, printed for the Grolier Club, 1888, lg in-8°, 25,5 x 18 cm, 98 pp with several monochrome ills. h.t., publ. stiff wrapper (spine and original boards a bit browned , top and end of spine damaged with minor loss of paper, inner keep loosening). Rare early American account of the new Plantin-Moretus museum, privately printed for the Grolier Club. (see Allen Asaf , Publications of the Grolier Club, item 7).
0. London, London School of Printing and Kindred Trades, 1922, in-4°, 25 x 19 cm, 15 pp, sewn, orig. wrapper..
Antwerp, J.E.Buschmann, 1930, in-8°, 22 x 14 cm, 88 pp with ills. h.t., publisher's cased binding, printed in 450 numbered copies. (rare).