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The Vollbehr Incunabula and the Book of Books address by Frederick W. Ashley, chief assistant librarian of the Library of Congress, (before the Eleventh national conference on printing education at a session held in the Library of Congress auditorium. Washington, District of Columbia, on the twenty-seventh day of June, anno Domini nineteen hundred and thirty-two) Frederick William Ashley Washington: U.S. Govt print. off, 1932 First Edition Narrative Description: 
A remarkable production of the usually staid Government Printing Office. The Public Printer, George Henry Carter, was instrumental in bringing the Vollbehr collection of incunabula - including the St. Paul 42 line bible of Gutenberg - to the Library of Congress. This book contains the address by the Chief Assistant Library of the LOC, Frederick W. Ashley, in 1932. What is remarkable is that Carter has designed the text to resemble Gutenberg's Bible: text in 42 lines of Cloister Black, decorated caps in red and blue, etc. A beautiful production. Colophon: "Designed and printed by George Henry Carter...public printer of the United States of America... to the number of four hundred and twenty copies bound in parchment, impressed on handmade paper with Closter types in two columns of forty-two lines each and illuminated with handmade initial letters smiliar to the Gutenberg Bible in the Library of Congress...MCMXXXII. This copy is no 229."Condition
Book: Fine / no dust jacket as issued / Case: Good small 1 cm mark on lower 3 mm of FFEP and subsequent blank leaf, corners very slightly bumped, else fine with no writing or other marks; case rubbed with a couple of marks from adjacent books on shelf, paper on spine is torn across the bottom else good; paper feels very fresh and the three color printing (black, red, and blue) is bright and clear. Physical Description Illustrated: , Portraits Binding: limp parchment, protected by plastic cover. Case: Pale blue case with black letter lettering piece Paper: Fabriano Rosaspina, a mould-made 60% cotton, acid free paper Size: 13.4" h 10.4" w; [2] [23] [3] CL Stock # 629 Price:
$ 85.00 
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