[ROGERS, BRUCE].

The Song of Roland.

(New York Houghton, Mifflin & Company 1906) Folio. 36 pp. One of 220 copies. Printed at the Riverside Press. Illustrated throughout with vignettes by Bruce Rogers, colored by hand in vibrant tones after the stained glass windows at Chartres. Considered one of Rogers' most beautiful books, the edition is printed in four colors in "batarde" and Civilit types imported from France, with gilt opening initial. Bound in vellum-backed pastepaper boards with a fleur-de-lys pattern. Joseph Blumenthal counts this edition of Song of Roland among the "small masterpieces" produced at the Riverside Press. George H. Mifflin was so proud of the book that he sent a copy to President Theodore Roosevelt, who responded by requesting an invitation to the publisher's offices "to look at some of your special editions like that Beautiful 'Song of Roland' which you sent me. I am not an expert on these matters, but comparing that 'Song of Roland' with other modern printing, it seemed to me far ahead, and almost like some of the very beautiful printing of books at the end of the fifteenth century." Blumenthal notes, "It was a great day for a publishing house, for Bruce Rogers, and for American bookmaking." A very fine copy of an extraordinary Bruce Rogers work. (Blumenthal, Printed Book in America, p. 65; Blumenthal, Bruce Rogers, pp. 17-18; Warde 71).

• USD 5,500.00 > Andere Währungen
• Bestellnummer: 21732

• Antiquariat: Bromer Booksellers Inc. (USA)