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Besterman p.4918-4919; Sheehy DH4 Title page in German and English. 6617 entries. Describes the areas of
Kamtschatka, the Aleuts, the North-West Coast of America, the Flakland Island and the straits of Magellan.
Included are works on the circumnavigation of the globe and travel encyclopedias. [Order No. 55465]
268. Brun, Robert. LE LIVRE ILLUSTRÉ EN FRANCE AU XVIe SIECLE. Mansfield Centre, CT:
Martino Publishing, 2005, large 8vo., cloth. (iv), 336 pages, 32 plates. ISBN 157898436x. $75.00 $56.25
Reprint of the 1930 first edition (Besterman 3010). Brun provides ten chapters followed by an annotated
bibliographical catalogue of the principal books illustrated in France during the sixteenth century. Illustrated and
indexed. In all, 1250 books are described. Never reprinted, this remains a difficult title to find. Includes 32
illustrations, mostly of title pages. [Order No. 87551]
269. Taylor, Bethany R. LONDON, HIGH LIFE & LOW LIFE AS SEEN BY ROWLANDSON,
CRUIKSHANK & OTHERS. N.P.: Chapin Library, Williams College, 1997, 4to., stiff paper wrappers.
42, (2) pages. $10.00 $7.50
Limited to 400 copies. Introduction by Robert L. Volz. 29 books described in detail. Illustrated in black-and-white
with a full-color frontispiece. [Order No. 58056]
270. (More, St. Thomas) Byron, Brian. LOYALTY IN THE SPIRITUALITY OF ST. THOMAS
MORE. Nieuwkoop: HES & DE GRAAF, 1972, 14.8 x 16.5 cm, cloth. 171 pages. ISBN 9789060042939.
$70.00 $52.50
"The object of this thesis will be to study the policy. More adopted when he found himself confronted with
conflicting demands on his loyalty. It is a theme which hitherto has not been studied in detail on a theological
level" (Introduction). (Bibliotheca Humanistica & Reformatorica, Vol. IV). Sales rights: Available outside North
America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103519]
271. Belanger, Terry. LUNACY AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF BOOKS. New Castle: Oak Knoll
Books, 2003, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 24 pages. ISBN 9781584560999. $10.00 $7.50
First edition, third printing. A humorous and poignant essay on the idiosyncrasies of book arrangements by
collectors over the centuries. Professor Belanger treats the reader to some of the idiotic methods of categorizing
and shelving books. One gem from an etiquette book of 1863 decreed that a perfect hostess will see to it that the
works of male and female authors be properly segregated on her book shelves. Their proximity, unless they
happen to be married, should not be tolerated. This book will bring a smile to the face of any bibliophile. Belanger,
founder of the Book Arts Press, is the University Professor and Honorary Curator of Special Collections at the
University of Virginia. [Order No. 14014]
272. (Center for Book Arts) Emmanuel, Lynn. LYNN EMMANUEL: SELF PORTRAIT WITH
WORDS. New York: Center for Book Arts, 2002, 8vo., tan paper wrappers with simple dark tan body
silhouette, hand sewn with ivory string. (12) pages. $75.00 $56.25
This collection was printed to commemorate the author's contribution as a judge in the Center's 2002 Poetry
Chapbook Competition. Letterpress printed by Fameorshame Press. Limited edition of 100 number and signed
copies. [Order No. 103168]
273. Clouse, Doug. MACKELLAR, SMITHS & JORDAN: TYPOGRAPHIC TASTEMAKERS OF
THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008, 8.5 x 11
inches, Hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. ISBN 9781584562320. $65.00 $48.75
First edition. This is the first full-length study of the leading American type foundry of the nineteenth century. The
author describes (with many detailed photographic illustrations) how changing business conditions and technical
improvements in typefounding interacted with changes in public taste to modify, over the decades, the
appearance of the typefaces that Americans found in their publications. While this is a study of only one of many
American foundries, in many ways MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan can stand as an exemplar of all the rest. The scores
of typefaces illustrated and described are considered as the ever-changing output of a corporation, with lesser
emphasis on the individual creators of each typeface. At the turn of the twentieth century, taste turned away from
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