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12mo. 82, [2] pp., 121 leaves (some printed in red & black). Decorated Italian paper boards, printed labels on front cover & spine (rebacked w/ original spine laid back down, minor shelfwear, rubbing), still G copy. Exceedingly rare facsimile edition of the famed French typesetter's specimen catalogue, with 74 typefaces presented, of which 42 were cut before 1600. Carter (1901-1982) was noted British typographer and historian of type, who worked as Meynell's book designer with the Nonesuch Press in the 1930s.…