FRANCE. PARIS. BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE. Les plus belles reliures de la Réunion des Bibliothèques nationales. Paris: Éditions des Bibliothèques nationales de France [1929]. Folio, light brown morocco, upper cover with gilt and onlaid polychrome calf design in imitation of a Grolier binding on a copy of Beroaldus' Works, the title of the latter and "Io. Grolierii et Amicorum", gilt-lettered at center and bottom, spine in six compartments, red morocco lettering-piece in the second, the remainder gilt, turn-ins gilt, green moiré silk doublures and liners, original printed wrappers preserved, by HALPIN-WEITZ of New York, binder's name gilt-stamped on upper turn-in, slipcase . LIMITED EDITION, no. 16 of of 20 copies on Japon Impérial, from the edition of 600, 42 plates of halftone reproductions of 51 bindings, of which several in color, these printed on small tipped-in sheets of thin glacé paper.
FRANCE. PARIS. BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE. Les plus belles reliures de la Réunion des Bibliothèques nationales. Paris: Éditions des Bibliothèques nationales de France [1929]. Folio, light brown morocco, upper cover with gilt and onlaid polychrome calf design in imitation of a Grolier binding on a copy of Beroaldus' Works, the title of the latter and "Io. Grolierii et Amicorum", gilt-lettered at center and bottom, spine in six compartments, red morocco lettering-piece in the second, the remainder gilt, turn-ins gilt, green moiré silk doublures and liners, original printed wrappers preserved, by HALPIN-WEITZ of New York, binder's name gilt-stamped on upper turn-in, slipcase . LIMITED EDITION, no. 16 of of 20 copies on Japon Impérial, from the edition of 600, 42 plates of halftone reproductions of 51 bindings, of which several in color, these printed on small tipped-in sheets of thin glacé paper.
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