Oct 24, 2013 - Sale 2327

Sale 2327 - Lot 262

Price Realized: $ 3,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(ROGERS, BRUCE.) The Song of Roland. Translated from the French by Isabel Butler. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Hand-set in French Gothic and Civilité types printed in four colors and gold on handmade paper. Hand-colored title-page and 6 illustrations. Tall folio, beautifully bound in original 1/4 vellum and decorative boards with vellum tips; custom clamshell box; a penciled owner's note on the front blank explains that Rogers used Chartres Cathedral as the inspiration for his designs. number 128 of 220 copies. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1906