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MORISON, STANLEY. Fra Luca de Pacioli of Borgo S. Sepolcro. Title in red and black. Portrait of Pacioli; text illustrations. Small folio, original vellum-backed paste-paper boards, very small darkened area on spine; contents immaculate; publisher's board slipcase, somewhat worn. Mark Lansburgh bookplate. New York: Grolier Club, 1933
first edition. one of 390 unnumbered copies, initialed by morison; designed by Bruce Rogers. The text illustrations reproduce the complete Pacioli alphabet establishing ideal letter forms with geometric construction lines derived from Leonardo da Vinci. Pages [89]-100 contain a bibliography of Pacioli's publications by Philip Hofer.
