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| 1 | Fuhrmann, Otto Walter Gutenberg and the Strasbourg Documents of 1439 [full description] New York, Press of the Woolly Whale, 1940 First edition, hardcover. Fine. Limited edition of 660 copies; The Strassbourg documents are the contemporary records of Gutenberg's lawsuit - and they constitute the only source of documentary evidence on Gutenberg's activity in the earliest days of printing. A fascinating account. ... [cont'd] CL# 637. Price: $ 160.00 
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| 2 |  | Nash, Ray Dürer's 1511 Drawing of a Press and Printer [full description] Cambridge, Dept. of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library, 1947 hardcover. Fine. Limited edition of 550 copies; The centerpiece of this thin book is the fullsize colotype reproduction of the little-known pen drawing by Durer; it is accompanied by a learned commentary by Ray Nash and a foreword by Philip Hofer. "Durer's faithful attention to realistic detail and his scientific int ... [cont'd] CL# 780. Price: $ 65.00
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| 3 | | A Description of the Early Printed Books Owned by the Grolier Club [full description] New York, The Grolier Club, 1895 First Edition, hardcover. Very Good/no DJ as issued. Limited edition of 400 copies; A catalogue of the books from the Grolier Club's Bruce Collection. George Bruce and his son David Wolfe Bruce had amassed one of the world's eminent collections on the history of printing and typography; a portion of thes were dontated to the Grolier Club in the 1890's ... [cont'd] CL# 625. Price: $ 160.00
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