Last Words on the History of the Title-Page With Notes on Some Colophons and Twenty-Seven Fac-Similes of Title-Pages. [London: John C. Nimmo, 1891.]

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Facsimile reprint of original 1891 edition, which was limited to 260 copies. Frontispiece (= illus. 1), 4 leaves, 39 pp; 27 illus. Original cloth. Very Good+. Burt Franklin Research & Source Works Series, 668. 'To keep control over the form of this book it was set up at the author's cost at the Chiswick Press. Mr. Nimmo not only defrayed the expenses incurred. but of his own motion supplied hand-decorated facsimiles of the first page of the 'Gutenberg' Bible by way of frontispiece, to show how books began before title-pages came in fashion. His pluck was rewarded, for the 250 copies offered for sale were all sold within a few days of publication' (A Select Bibliography of the Writings of Alfred W. Pollard, p. 28). N° de ref. del artículo 20753

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