Beschreibung:

46 Seiten, 1 Bl., OPpbd., 23,5 x 16 cm.

Bemerkung:

This first separate edition of Lord Chesterfield's Poetical Works, printed at the Officina Bodoni, on hand-made paper, consists of 250 copies. The text is that of the third volume of Chesterfield's Miscellaneous Works 1778, with the addition of a few poems from other sources. - Printed by hand in January 1927, with the original 12 point type Cuneo of Gianbattista Bodoni by Officina Bodoni, Montagnola, Switzerland. - Im Druckvermerk handschriftlich: "This is no. 122". - Provenienz: Hartmut Erlemann (Antiquar, 1848-2014; der hintere Spiegel mit eigenhändigem Kollationsvermerk und eigenhändigen bibliographischen Notizen). - Etwas berieben, bestoßen und lichtrandig; gutes Exemplar.