A PRESENTATION COPY FROM HANS MARDERSTEIG FOUNDER OF THE OFFICINA BODONI TO W J BURCH. LIMITED TO 224 COPIES PRINTED ON HAND-MADE PAPER BOUND IN GREEN VELLUM WITH THE ORIGINAL TYPES OF GIAMBATTISTA BODONI. A NEAR FINE COPY IN THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE WHICH IS WORN AND DAMAGED BUT HAS DONE ITS JOB IN PROTECTING THE BOOK.
LARGE FOLIO COMPRISING ESSAY AND DESCRIPTION OF PLATES IN PRINTED WRAPS AND A FOLIO WITH TITLE PAGES AND 30 LOOSE COLOUR PLATES OF BOTANICAL SPECIMENS BOTH HOUSED IN A DECORATIVE SOLANDER BOX. COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL CARDBOARD PACKAGING. CONTENTS AS NEW.
25 PAGES FROM THE PHIL. TRANS. (1761). A LETTER TO THE REV DR. WILLIAM BRAKENRIDGE CONCERNING THE TERM OF HUMAN LIFE. 25 LOOSE PAGES OF TEXT INCLUDING THREE TABLES. VERY GOOD.
Author:
T.W.
Place, Publisher, Date:
LONDON, TRANSACATIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 1761
