One Hundred Manuscripts and Books from the Estelle Doheny Collection in the Edward L. Doheny Memorial Library. St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California.

Item Details

[DOHENEY, Estelle] MILLER, Lucille V. [Librarian to Countess Doheny]. One Hundred Manuscripts and Books from the Estelle Doheny Collection in the Edward L. Doheny Memorial Library. St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California. Exhibited for the Zamorano Club. May 6, 1950. [Los Angeles]: 1950. 9 3/4 x 6 5/16 inches. 22pp. 

Elaborate designs printed in maroon ink on front cover and title page. Item numbers on all text pages also printed in maroon. Cover title: Handlist of Exhibition / Estelle Dohny Collection. Light soiling to covers. Very good condition.

First Edition Limited to 200 Copies. Designed by Ward Ritchie. Printed by Anderson & Ritchie for Countess Doheny. Not a bad high-spot collection: including 21 incunables one of which is the 1459 Duranti, Fust/Schoeffer believed to be the fourth book printed in Europe. Important, printed books (including an Aldine Aristotle), illuminated manuscripts (one from ca 850), documents, bindings, and press books (including a Kelmscott Chaucer on vellum).