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Auction archive: Lot number 19

[SPECIMEN BOOK — SCHRIFTGIESSEREI JULIUS

Estimate
US$300 - US$400
Price realised:
US$562
Auction archive: Lot number 19

[SPECIMEN BOOK — SCHRIFTGIESSEREI JULIUS

Estimate
US$300 - US$400
Price realised:
US$562
Beschreibung:

[SPECIMEN BOOK — SCHRIFTGIESSEREI JULIUS KLINKHARDT] Gesamt-Probe der Schriftgiesserei Julius Klinkhardt. Leipzig and Wien: Schriftgiesserei Julius Klinkhardt, no date (1890). Quarto, approx 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches tall, 496pp, a collection of type specimens and decorations, several folding illustrations printed on cheaper paper at rear, publisher's brown cloth decoratively stamped in black and gilt, decorative endpapers, marbled edges, both hinges cracked but holding, cloth over joints split and frayed, rubbing, soiling, cover slightly sprung, illustrations at rear with tears and toning, else good to very good. Company advertisement pasted-down at front free endpaper, a generic bookplate with "W. Kaiser, Bern" hand written and Tholenaar bookplate at front paste-down.

Auction archive: Lot number 19
Auction:
Datum:
12 May 2021
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
Beschreibung:

[SPECIMEN BOOK — SCHRIFTGIESSEREI JULIUS KLINKHARDT] Gesamt-Probe der Schriftgiesserei Julius Klinkhardt. Leipzig and Wien: Schriftgiesserei Julius Klinkhardt, no date (1890). Quarto, approx 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches tall, 496pp, a collection of type specimens and decorations, several folding illustrations printed on cheaper paper at rear, publisher's brown cloth decoratively stamped in black and gilt, decorative endpapers, marbled edges, both hinges cracked but holding, cloth over joints split and frayed, rubbing, soiling, cover slightly sprung, illustrations at rear with tears and toning, else good to very good. Company advertisement pasted-down at front free endpaper, a generic bookplate with "W. Kaiser, Bern" hand written and Tholenaar bookplate at front paste-down.

Auction archive: Lot number 19
Auction:
Datum:
12 May 2021
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
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