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Lot 133
Sale 6426 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 13, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Lot Description
[FINE PRESS - OFFICINA BODONI]. The Holy Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1962.
Folio. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Original burgundy niger morocco, upper cover decorated in gilt, spine gilt-lettered, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine faded); publisher's cloth slipcase. Provenance: L.W. Jordan Jr. (booklabel).
LIMITED EDITION, number CXLV of 155 copies, for Great Britain, from a total edition of 320. Set in various sizes of Mardersteig's Zeno type and printed at the hand press of the Officina Bodoni. The cuts are after the original by Bartolomeo di Giovanni, from the 1495 Epistole et Evangelii, a masterpiece of 15th century Florentine book illustration in the opinion of the master of the press, Giovanni Mardersteig.
This lot is located in Chicago.

