A Literary Antiquary from Bracebridge Hall

Title: A Literary Antiquary from Bracebridge Hall

Author: Irving, Washington

Publication: Newton [Iowa]: Tamazunchale Press, 1984.

Description: Miniature book containing Washington Irving's character sketch of a 19th-century book collector, from his "Bracebridge Hall." No. 76 of 250 copies. With a 1940 Washington Irving one-cent stamp as frontispiece. Printed from Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen of Haarlem, Netherlands. Bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre of Limoges, France in full tan calfskin with gilt title, marbled endpapers by Cockerell, and all edges gilt. 2.5 x 1.75 inches; 40, [4] pages (first leaf blank). Moderate soiling to the rear cover, but the interior bright and clean. Very Good. In addition to Tamazunchale Press miniature books, the Dutch printer Joh. Enschedé en Zonen also printed Achille St. Onge miniature books, stamps, and paper currency. Tamazunchale Press was established in Iowa by miniature book collector Charlotte Smith and her husband Tom. They published 20 miniature books between 1983 and 1988.