• [The Old School Press]

[The Old School Press]

Title Plates for a Herbal. A selection of engravings from Robert Morison's Plantarum Historiae Universalis Oxoniensis of 1680 and 1699, newly printed from the original plates by Jim Nottingham, with an introduction and bibliographical notes on the Historiae by
Date Seaton: 2025
Publisher The Old School Press,

Description

Copy number '23 ' of an edition limited to just 79 numbered copies. Text hand-set in Mopnotype Van Dijk 13pt for the main text and 12pt for the footnotes, and printed on an antique Rives BFK laid paper. Quarter faux vellum over dark blue cloth with the title debossed in silver on the front board, blue endpapers, the book resting in a cloth-covered board chemise, with a paper label to its spine, at the back of which is a pocket containing five engravings printed on 250 gsm Rives BFK paper and interleaving sheets. The history of these engravings is noted below. Royal folio (as the original), 490 x 310 mm, pp. 64, plus a four-page Corrigenda laid in, plus an A4 booklet showing all twelve plates, digitally printed. A book, chemise, engravings and booklet, all in Fine condition.
Price: £425.00
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