Translated by mrs edward e ayer (1 risultati)
Altre immaginiNOTICIAS OF THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO in Letters of Miguel Costanso, Fray Juan Crespi and Fray Francisco Palou. In the Year 1772 (LIMITED EDITION WITH LENGTHY NOTE FROM PRINTER & ILLUMINATOR)
Costanso, Miguel; Crespi, Fray Juan; Palou, Fray Francisco; Translated by Mrs. Edward E. Ayer; Decoration and Illumination and Introductory Note by James Johnson
Editore: [San Francisco]: Windsor Press, 1940
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Da: Nighttown Books, Powell, WY, U.S.A.Nighttown Books
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Aggiungi al carrelloHard Cover. Cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in red, deckled edges, inscription at ffep, faint spotting at cloth, a nearly fine copy; Second edition, limited to 200 numbered copies (first issued the previous year for the Book Club of California), pochoir title vignette and headpiece, illuminated initials; with a 100-word dedi…cation to Carl Livingston, Jr. ("from the Printer / with kindest regards"), by the illustrator/printer and founder of the Windsor Press, James Johnson, dated 1940. "This letter of Costanso in MS. was discovered in a rare print of the Costanso Diary that once had formed part of the Ramirez collection and later came into the possession of Edward E. Ayer. Translation is the hand of Mrs. Ayer" (from the Introductory Note); 12mo; iv, 22, (2)pp. Sabin 17020. Signed by Artist.
