[Grolier Club- Bruce Rogers Rarity, Presentation Copy from Grolier Club to Jan Van Krimpen, Noted Typographer and Book Designer] Fra Luca de Pacioli of Borgo Sepolcro

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First Edition. Large quarto. 8 1/2 x 12 inches. 100pps. Bound in publisher's original vellum-backed, patterned paper covered boards. Presentation Copy from the Grolier Club to Jan Van Krimpen, in three lines on front free fly. Jan van Krimpen (1892 ñ 1958) was a renowned Dutch typographer, book designer and type designer. and a leading figure in book printing during his lifetime. One of 390 copies, designed and printed by Bruce Rogers at the University Press in Cambridge. Initialed by Stanley Morison at the close of the Preface. IN ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. A monumental printing example, replete with decorative initials and ornaments in red, photogravure frontispiece, and large reproductions roman letters. A fine copy in near fine slipcase. Scarce thus. N° de ref. del artículo 6261

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