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BROOKS, Hugh Cecil Compendiosa bibliografia di edizioni Bodoniane . Florence: tipografia Barbèra, 1927. Imperial 8 o (272 x 190mm). Half-title. Portrait frontispiece, plates, illustrations. Contemporary marbled calf gilt by Gozzi of Modena, gilt turn-ins, top edge gilt (extremities rubbed, spine chipped at head and foot). Provenance : Doctor Dreyer (presentation inscription from the author "Al Dottor Dreyer in omaggio. H.C. Brooks 7/iii/28"); Landau-Finaly Library (monogrammed bookplate). Limited edition of 754 copies, this copy, numbered 750, one of 700 copies on "carta a mano vergata." The presentation inscription suggests that the binding is a presentation binding commissioned by Brooks.