FORTSAS CATALOGUE, A FACSIMILE. With an Introduction by Lessing J. Rosenwald.|THE
Rosenwald, Lessing J.
Verlag: Philobiblon Club, Philadelphia, 1970
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4to. cloth spine, marbled paper over boards. 19 pages with a 16-page 8vo. facsimile of the original Fortsas Catalogue in a pocket in the inside rear cover. One of 250 numbered copies (Taylor B2). This book was designed and printed by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press. The "Avis" and the text of M. Polain's newspaper account of the hoax are reproduced in facsimile and tipped-in. An important addition to the literature connected to this famous auction hoax. Fine condition. cloth spine, marbled paper over boards. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 456
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Titel: FORTSAS CATALOGUE, A FACSIMILE. With an ...
Verlag: Philobiblon Club, Philadelphia
Erscheinungsdatum: 1970
Einband: Hardcover
Illustrator: Bird & Bull Press
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THE FORTSAS CATALOGUE. A Facsimile, with an Introduction By Lessing J. Rosenwald
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. In English and French. 305 x 242 mm. Complete with the 16 page facsimile catalogue. 13 pages, 4 pages of mounted facsimile plates, colophon page and a staplebound facsimile of the entire catalogue in pocket inside back cover. First Thus. Limited to 250 copies of which this is number 182. Original ¼ brown cloth with marbled paper over boards, spine lettered in black. Facsimile of the hoax auction catalogue issued in 1840, organized by Belgian bibliophile Renier Chalon. A memento of a meeting of the Phylobiblon Club at Jenkintown Pennsylvania. The Introduction is adapted from the paper Lessing Rosenwald read that evening. The Fortsas catalog consists of fictitious books, supposedly belonging to Jean Nepumucene Auguste Pichauld, Comte de Fortsas. The bogus auction was an elaborate hoax, perpetrated in Binche, Belgium in 1840. It was carried out by a retired military officer Renier Hubert Ghislain Chalon, who delighted in pranks designed to befuddle the academic world. Chalon also published more than one false archeological discovery. Typical slight discoloration in gutters, but fades as it gets away from boards, appears to be offset from glue in binding. Otherwise in excellent condition. A fabulous story of one of the world's great biblio hoaxes. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009346
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