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Various typographic arrangements of seventeen poems, both contemporary and classic, using a variety of
typefaces, colors, formats, and papers, all printed letterpress. The poems were selected by the printers.
Contributors include Mindy Beloff, Robin Price, Sandy Connors, Barbara Henry, Ed Colker, Ron Gordon, David
Pankow, Jerry Kelly, Kay Michael Kramer, Michael Peich, Gaylord Shanilec, Jack Stauffacher, Michael Russum
and Carolee Campbell. The printed poems are housed in a handmade traycase made by Judi Conant. Limited to
225 copies. [Order No. 97456]
407. Graves, Joseph. VICTOR HAMMER, CALLIGRAPHER, PUNCHCUTTER, & PRINTER.
Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1954, 12mo., self paper wrappers.
12 pages. $7.50 $5.63
A biographical sketch of this noted private pressman. [Order No. 53911]
408. (Rosenwald, Lessing J.) VISION OF A COLLECTOR, THE LESSING J. ROSENWALD
COLLECTION IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Washington: Library of Congress, 1991, tall
8vo., green cloth, paper spine label. xxxv, 427, (3) pages. ISBN 084440733x. $75.00 $56.25
First edition. With an introduction by James H. Billington, preface by Larry E. Sullivan and an essay on Rosenwald
by William Matheson. Vision of a Collector celebrates the centenary of Rosenwald's birth by gathering 100 essays by
noted scholars on Rosenwald's interests highlighted in the collection, covering both internationally known rarities
and books whose potential for research has not yet been recognized. This book consists of five essays on
Manuscripts, twelve essays on Early Printing, Typography & Writing Books, thirty-nine essays on Illustrated
Books, six essays on Eighteenth-Century French Illustrated Books, four essays on William Blake, seven essays on
Modern Illustrated Books, three essays on Architecture, seven essays on Bindings, five essays on Geography, three
essays on Herbals and nine essays on Science. This work includes illustrations with some in color. [Order No.
44082]
409. Wolfe, Richard J. (translator). DER VOLLKOMMNE PAPIERFÄRBER: THE ACCOM-
PLISHED PAPER COLORER. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2008, 5.25 x 7.5, cloth, 180
pages. ISBN 9781584562436. $60.00 $45.00
This new work, limited to 300 copies of which 275 are for sale, is a facsimile reproduction and translation of an
important early German manual on decorated and marbled paper. Following an introduction by Richard Wolfe,
the book displays the facsimile on the left page and a parallel translation on the opposing page. In the historical
introduction to the facsimile reproduction and his translation of this work, Richard J. Wolfe summarizes the
professional literature on marbling and paper coloring that began to appear in Germany at the beginning of the
nineteenth century. Der Vollkommne Papierfärber, published around 1823, is the earliest work of its kind that has
survived. Wolfe shares his experience with a seemingly unique copy of this rare and seminal treatise that he
initially encountered in Leipzig in 1987. He also discusses its relationship to other early pertinent literature that
was published in Germany around the same time, particularly the works on bookbinding and paper coloring
produced by Christian Freidrich Gottlob Thon. [Order No. 99499]
410. Bengesco, Georges. VOLTAIRE, BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE SES OEUVRES. Four volumes bound
in two. Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2006, 8vo., cloth. 2181 pages. $395.00 $296.25
Reprint of the first edition which was published in Paris by E. Perrin over the period 1882-1890 (Besterman 6460).
François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694-30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French
Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist, and philosopher known for his wit, philosophical sport, and defense of civil
liberties, including freedom of religion and the right to a fair trial. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform
despite strict censorship laws in France and harsh penalties for those who broke them. A satirical polemicist, he
frequently made use of his works to criticize Christian Church dogma and the French institutions of his day. This
remains a standard work on Voltaire, describing 12,500 works. [Order No. 94708]
411. Ercole del Rio. THE WAR OF THE CHESSMEN. LA GUERRA DEGLI SCACCHI, O SIA IL
RE DE`GIUOCHI. Edited and Translated by Christopher Becker. Nieuwkoop-Yorklyn (DE):
HES & DE GRAAF, 1984, 8vo, cloth. LXI, 184 pp. ISBN 9789060030318. $125.00 $93.75
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