Feb 23, 2012 - Sale 2269

Sale 2269 - Lot 124

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(GROLIER CLUB.) Morison, Stanley. Fra Luca de Pacioli of Borgos Sepolcro. Printed in red and black. Illustrated with Pacioli's alphabet. Small folio, 1/4 gilt-lettered vellum over bird pattern pastepaper boards, few spots of light natural discoloration; board slipcase; neatly calligraphed owner's signature on front endpaper. Norman J. Sondheim bookplate. New York, 1933

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one of 390 unnumbered copies initialed by morison. Printed on Batchelor's handmade paper. Among the most famous examples of 20th century fine printing, and one of the best volumes designed and produced under the supervision of Bruce Rogers.