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About this Item

Title

  • Philobiblon

Names

  • Bury, Richard de, 1287-1345.
  • Inglis, John Bellingham, 1780-1870, translator.
  • McKay, Donald, 1895-1974, illustrator.
  • Kittredge, William A. (William Albion), 1891-1945, former owner.
  • Grabhorn Press.
  • Book Club of California.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Press Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [San Francisco : Printed by E. and R. Grabhorn, 1925]

Headings

  • -  Book collecting

Notes

  • -  "... decorations and initial letters by Donald McKay. Alfred Brooks Kennedy, compositor. Two hundred & fifty copies have been printed on Holland hand-made paper for the Book Club of California."
  • -  LC has copy "number 83."
  • -  LC copy: Bookplate of W. A. Kittredge.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2313
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-05-24 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-05-12 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 40 p. ; 39 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Z992 .A91 1925a
  • Z992 .A91 1925a Copy 2. Copy no. 75.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 50047692

OCLC Number

  • 4601355

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Bury, Richard De, Donald McKay, William A Kittredge, Grabhorn Press, Book Club Of California, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Press Collection. Philobiblon. translateds by Inglis, John Bellingham [San Francisco: Printed by E. and R. Grabhorn, 1925] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/50047692/.

APA citation style:

Bury, R. D., McKay, D., Kittredge, W. A., Grabhorn Press, Book Club Of California, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Press Collection. (1925) Philobiblon. Inglis, J. B., trans [San Francisco: Printed by E. and R. Grabhorn] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/50047692/.

MLA citation style:

Bury, Richard De, et al. Philobiblon. trans by Inglis, John Bellingham [San Francisco: Printed by E. and R. Grabhorn, 1925] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/50047692/>.