April 12, 2024
Le Monete Dei Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici Vol. 1 1972
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EARLY VATICAN & PAPAL COINAGE REFERENCE Muntoni, Francesco: Le Monete Die Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici. Roma: P&P Santamaria, 1972. Volume 1: Le Monete de Papi / A ~ da Adriano I alla Sede Vacante 1559 / 772 ~ 1559. Thick Demy Quarto, 8-1/2" x 11"; xxxi + 207 + 34 + 6 tables + 45 plates. Folks, this is a curiousity: What we have here is a complete volume of reference that has been xeroxed from the original. It's been repro'd from the library of the American Numismatic Association. Since it consists of sheets printed one-side only, it's exactly twice as thick as the original book would be. The "manuscript" has been prepared for binding: specifically, for what's known as a "perfect" binding, used only for paperbacks which do not consist of "gathered" sheets like your usual bound books: glue has been worked into the spine edges of the pages; a number of grooves have been sawn into the back and lined with cords; the entire spine coated with glue, and a layer of what's known as "crush" laid down over it to seal the spine and provide overlap to glue onto boards, yet to come. Apparently this is as far as someone got ~ the book now needs boards cut to size, a spine backing strip, a pair of endpapers, and a sheet of bookcloth, all to be assembled as a "case" for the book. What's required here is of the utmost simplicity to a bookbinder;
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