Osservazioni sull Chirotipografia ossia Antica Arte di Stampare a Mano.
Roma: Da' Torchi di Mariano de Romanis e Figli, 1810. 8vo. 210 x 130 mm. (7 ¾ x 5 inches). (2), 106 pp. Contemporary vellum.
Only edition. Interesting work which discusses the use of hand formed letters as the designs for type at the time of the invention of printing. Requeno examines the various historical sources that make reference to this subject and discusses example from the book printed in the first one-hundred years of printing.
Bigmore and Wyman, p. 253. Not in Besterman. Item #51
Price: $1,300.00