May 12, 2021 - Sale 2567

Sale 2567 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
[SPECIMEN BOOK — LETTERGIETERIJ "AMSTERDAM" VOORHEEN N. TETTENRODE] Letterproef der Lettergieterij "Amsterdam" Voorheen N. Tettenrode, Specimen General…
[Amsterdam, 1916].
Thick quarto, approx 8 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, 720pp, a collection of samples, originally in separate booklets but continuously paginated, bound in beige cloth, decoratively stamped in red and gilt with original stiff wrappers bound-in, decorative endpapers, errata slip tipped-in, moderate rubbing and soiling, foxing to some bound-in wrappers, spots and dusting to bulked edges, else very good. Laid-in: duplicate page fragment. Perhaps the largest collection of Amsterdam specimens in a single volume. Tholenaar bookplate to front paste-down.