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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
ONE OF ONLY THREE COPIES (PETER PAUPER PRESS.) Tory, Geofrey. Champ Rosé: Wherein May Be Discovered the Roman Letters that were Made By Geofrey Tory and Printed by Him at Paris in His Book Called "Champ Fleury." Printed entirely in red. 27 antique alphabet plates by Bruce Rogers after Tory. Small 8vo, publisher's orange and pink paper-covered boards with printed spine label, spine slightly faded and ends a bit bumped; scattered minor foxing, mostly to endleaves and preliminaries, original red plastic book mark on silk thread; book label of Frederic Goudy. New Rochelle, 1933
one of only three special copies to bear a printed statement, signed by goudy, rogers, and press owner peter beilenson. The statement by Rogers and Beilenson, opposite the half-title, thanks Goudy for cutting the matrices and casting the type for the book on Thanksgiving day. Goudy's handwritten statement reads: "One of three copies to bear the notice above. Thanksgiving Day 1933."
