PFORZHEIMER, Carl Howard (1879-1957), collection]. UNGER, Emma Virginia and William Alexander JACKSON. The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library: English Literature, 1475-1700. New York: [by the Morrill Press, for Carl H. Pforzheimer], 1940.
PFORZHEIMER, Carl Howard (1879-1957), collection]. UNGER, Emma Virginia and William Alexander JACKSON. The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library: English Literature, 1475-1700. New York: [by the Morrill Press, for Carl H. Pforzheimer], 1940. 3 volumes, 4 o (301 x 213 mm). 60 plates and numerous illustrations in text. Original beige cloth, gilt Pforzheimer cipher on sides, gilt lettered red morocco spine labels; original cloth slipcase. Provenance: Abel E. Berland (purchased from John F. Fleming, New York, 26 September 1969). LIMITED EDITION, number 100 of 150 sets, signed by Pforzheimer on the portrait frontispiece. "The descriptions of the 1105 printed books and 169 autographs and manuscripts are the chef d'oeuvre of William A. Jackson and the non plus ultra of 'critical' bibliography as postulated by Sir Walter Greg. Miss Unger had been the librarian of the Pforzheimer Library since 1920. The catalogue is a model of its kind" (Grolier). It was designed by Frederic Warde and after his death completed by Bruce Rogers Grolier Bibliography 162. (3) (3)
PFORZHEIMER, Carl Howard (1879-1957), collection]. UNGER, Emma Virginia and William Alexander JACKSON. The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library: English Literature, 1475-1700. New York: [by the Morrill Press, for Carl H. Pforzheimer], 1940.
PFORZHEIMER, Carl Howard (1879-1957), collection]. UNGER, Emma Virginia and William Alexander JACKSON. The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library: English Literature, 1475-1700. New York: [by the Morrill Press, for Carl H. Pforzheimer], 1940. 3 volumes, 4 o (301 x 213 mm). 60 plates and numerous illustrations in text. Original beige cloth, gilt Pforzheimer cipher on sides, gilt lettered red morocco spine labels; original cloth slipcase. Provenance: Abel E. Berland (purchased from John F. Fleming, New York, 26 September 1969). LIMITED EDITION, number 100 of 150 sets, signed by Pforzheimer on the portrait frontispiece. "The descriptions of the 1105 printed books and 169 autographs and manuscripts are the chef d'oeuvre of William A. Jackson and the non plus ultra of 'critical' bibliography as postulated by Sir Walter Greg. Miss Unger had been the librarian of the Pforzheimer Library since 1920. The catalogue is a model of its kind" (Grolier). It was designed by Frederic Warde and after his death completed by Bruce Rogers Grolier Bibliography 162. (3) (3)
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