The Veatchs

VENETIAN PRINTERS. A Conversation on the Fourth Day of the Bibliographical Decameron of Thomas Frognall Dibdin with Annotations.

Rogers, Bruce.

(Lanston Monotype, 1924). 8 3/4 x 12 1/4. (14) pages. Original wraps with an all-over design by BR. A fine copy in the original (but very shabby) plain envelope. Specially signed by Rogers beneath the title page border. Item #18524

One of 223 copies printed for Bruce Rogers, on handmade paper. A specimen of Goudy's new type face, this was issued also in a much larger edition ("11,000 more or less") as "Italian Old Style." BR's own copies contain additional Notes by William Ivins, and a different title page, as well as a different design for the wraps. (See illustrations 19, 35, 36, 37, 38 in "Paragraphs on Printing.") Warde 185.

Price: $325.00