Vita de Sancto Hieronymo
Cambridge, Mass. Cygnet Press, 1928. Hardcover. [35] p.: illustrations; 18 cm. Original black cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title. Green paper over boards; printed paper label on front board. Illustration on front fixed endpaper. Half title; imprint from colophon. Ornamental initials; woodcut illustrations are reproduced from the 1497 edition. Pages are unopened. Lacking original box. This biography was prefixed to Matteo da Ferrara's "translation into Italian of the letters of Saint Jerome, printed by Maestro Lorenzo di Rossi da Valenza at Ferrara in 1497" -- p. 47 of the English translation, published in 1949. This was the first publication of George Parker Winship and Philip Hofer's Cygnet Press. In Near Fine Condition: head of spine and upper corner of front board slightly rubbed; clean and crisp. Near Fine. Item #003822
Price: $35.00