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[SPECIMEN BOOK--GENZSCH & HEYSE, HAMBURG]. 50 der Schönsten Schriften aus 100 Jahren Schaffen 1833-1933. Hamburg: Genzsch & Heyse, 1933
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Description: [SPECIMEN BOOK--GENZSCH & HEYSE, HAMBURG] 50 der Schönsten Schriften aus 100 Jahren Schaffen 1833-1933.
Hamburg: Genzsch & Heyse, 1933
Quarto, 12 x 9 inches, numerous specimens of the 100-year output of the famed German printers, printed in colors, with lettered tissue guards, publisher's spiral-bound blue cloth stamped in black and gold, spine faded, joints cracked, 2-inch abrasion to cloth on lower front cover; internally clean, bookseller's label from Almquist & Wiksells, Uppsala.Ex-collection Dutch typophile Jan Tholenaar, with his bookplate.