Live auction - Lot 1040
[Reference book]
Miniature books. Their history from the beginnings to the present day.
London, Sheppard Press, (1981)
€ 80 / 120
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Lot description
8vo : [8]-221 pp.
Publ. red cloth, ill. d.w. Good copy.
Important reference book ill. in b/w throughout. Complete with the subscription bulletin and with the bookmark with inches and millimetres. With an autogr. signed letter to Albert Van Loock, London, 2/7/1985, 1 p. on 1 quarto f. Friendly letter concerning i.a. miniature books. - 2 ill. electoral flyers and 1 press cutting on the political activities of Bondy. Joined: Petits formats reliés. Exposition organisée par la section belge des Amis de la Reliure d'Art. (...) Notice historique de Louis W. Bondy. Brussels, A.R.A., 1991. 12mo. Orig. wr., wooden slipcase. 1/900 numb. copies. Autogr. signed dedic. by Bondy to Albert Van Loock. - Collection "Trois-Demi". Paris, Biotop, d. div., 5 vol., minuscules, 3,2 x 2,5 cm. Sewn, housed in publ. portfolio. Present : Montesquieu - Eloge de la sincérité. - Descartes - Discours de la méthode. - Les cinq sens. Citations. - Piléa - Histoire de l'imprimerie. - Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme. - One similar vol. in Dutch. (8 vol.)