Essai Typographie et Bibliographique sur l'Histoire de la Gravure sur Bois.
Paris. Firmin Didot Freres et Fils. 1863. 8vo. 23cm, 315p., decorated title-page, double-column with page numbers for each columns, index, grey printed wrappers decorated title repeated on the upper cover, covers detached, wanting the spine cap, sewing sections loose, text is clear, print is small, (ready for rebinding), as is (gar). Item #41353
~ A bibliography and study of wood-cut illustration by French printers, publishers and art critic, Ambroise Firmin Didot (1790-1876). Sub-title: "Pour faire suite aux Costumes anciens et modernes de Cesar Vecellio." With the heraldic bookplate of eminent English zoologist, Harold Hulme Brindley.
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