CATICH (Edward M.) Letters redrawn from the Trajan inscription in Rome. Davenport, Iowa: Catfish Press, 1961. 2 vols. 8vo & sm. folio. Pp. xii, 45 + title and 94 loose plates (32 x 19cm) in a portfolio, qtr. cloth, printed labels. Very good. Scarce. £225
'In 1936 I was given permission to erect scaffolding in front of the inscription, and from this scaffolding I made photographs, measurements and rubbings...The letters, signs and marks in this portfolio are meticulously and carefully copied from those rubbings.' p. 35
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