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Lot 28
The Officina Bodoni with Woodcut Illustrations
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
THE OFFICINA BODONI: THE OPERATION OF A HAND-PRESS DURING THE FIRST SIX YEARS OF ITS WORK. Paris and New York: Editiones Officinae Bodoni, At the Sign of Pegasus, 1929. English edition. Hardcover in tan cloth-covered boards with gilt logo, lettering, and top edges. 4to; 79pp., [iii]. #59 of 500 copies. With (12) woodcuts by Frans Masereel and (13) additional plates and specimens.

8 1/2 x 12 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Boards with light edgewear and marks, corners rubbed with small loss to cloth; pages toned with usual offsetting due to illustrations and inserts; some separation at hinges but still sturdy.