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PROTHALAMION; EPITHALAMION
190210167Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co 1902. boards dust jacket. Rogers Bruce. 4to. boards dust jacket. 30 pages. Limited to 419 numbered copies. Warde No.31. Lacking the original box. Jacket lightly soiled else a fine copy. Scarce with the dust jacket. Done in Brimmer Italic type with 2 sepia engravings on handmade paper after design by Edwin Howland Blashfield. A very attractive work.<BR> <br /> <BR> <br /> The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers 1870-1957 who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books. Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" ANB. Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was."the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived Houghton Mifflin and Co unknown
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