THE POETICAL WORKS OF PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, Earl of Chesterfield.
Pp. 48(last colophon), notes; med. 8vo; indigo trellis-patterned paste-papered boards with printed paper title label on spine, the boards slightly flecked, edges rubbed and fore-corners worn; uncut and partly unopened; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, 'made and printed in Great Britain' stamp on verso of title page; Elkin Mathews & Marrot Ltd., London, 1927. First edition thus, limited to 250 numbered copies printed by hand by Officina Bodoni. Mardersteig 20; Barr 19. *From the library of David Levine, Sydney, with his book label on the upper pastedown and an earlier label 'From the Library of Percy H. Muir' on the upper free endpaper. Printed on Binda handmade paper with the original 12 point type Cuneo by Giambattista Bodoni, this is one of the earlier Officina Bodoni books, printed in Montagnola, Switzerland, before the press moved to Verona. Item #165231
Price: $500.00