SPECIMENS OF BOOKS PRINTED AT OXFORD WITH THE TYPES GIVEN TO THE UNIVERSITY BY JOHN FELL,
who was born 23 June 1625, died 10 July 1686; Dean of Christ Church 1660-1686, Bishop of Oxford 1676-1686, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1666-1669, Delegate of the University Press 1662-1686. Pp. xii+128, numerous specimens in type-facsimile (many hand-tipped, several printed in red & black, a couple double page); demy folio; navy buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt, a trifle rubbed; uncut; inked presentation inscription (to the Australian branch of Oxford University Press, the donor's signature indecipherable) on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset, a little light foxing; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1925. Edition limited to 550 copies. *With loosely inserted 8pp. prospectus, and order form. Item #087866
Price: $950.00