May 09, 2013 - Sale 2313

Sale 2313 - Lot 101

Price Realized: $ 330
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(TYPOGRAPHY.) Breton, Victor. Essais Progressifs sur la Composition Typographique * Manuel Pratique de Composition Typographique. Together, 2 volumes. Printed in colors. Hundreds of examples and reproductions of typography of the period. Folio, first volume in contemporary 1/2 morocco with decorative spine, front cover loose, scattered moderate additional wear; second volume rebound in 1/2 green cloth; both with original wrappers bound in. (IO). Paris, 1893; 1911

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first editions of manuals intended for those interested in composition and design. Includes many specimens of jobbing work and type specimens. The first volume includes an appendix on oriental printing by M. A. Labouret.