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Rostenberg, Leona & Madeleine B. Stern. FROM REVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION: PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLISHING & BOOKSELLING.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2002 8vo. cloth, dust jacket 192 pages.
First edition. This series of historical essays survey the past five centuries of printing and publishing and their technical achivements. Beginning with Gutenberg's 15th-century printing revolution to today's high-tech e-books, the authors present a calvacade of new insights into publishing history. This work follows a humble trade that grew into a profession that today faces its second great revolution.
Price: $ 39.95 other currencies Order nr. 69266

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Rostenberg, Leona THE MINORITY PRESS & THE ENGLISH CROWN, A STUDY IN REPRESSION, 1558-1625.
Nieuwkoop B. De Graaf 1971 8vo. cloth. xii, 263 pages.
First edition. A richly documented book, portraying the clandestine activity of the under-ground Catholic and Puritan presses in England and on the Continent during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. With full details of government censorship. "... this erudite study will provide interest and enlightenment... It is fascinating and surprising to see how detailed an account of these essentially secret operations Leona Rostenberg's researched have enabled her to give" (Times Literary Supplement, March 10, 1972).

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 120.00 other currencies Order nr. 103765

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Roth, F.W.E. GESCHICHTE UND BIBLIOGRAPHIE DER BUCHDRUCKEREIEN ZU SPEIER IM XV. UND XVI. JAHRHUNDERT.
3 parts in 1. Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1966 8vo cloth (ii),80; 112; (10) pages.
Reprint of the 1894 edition published in Speier. History and bibliography of early printing in this town of the Palatinate. Deals with famous printers like Peter Drach I, II, and III, Johann and Conrad Hist, a.o. 400 Besterman entries.

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Price: $ 80.00 other currencies Order nr. 103674

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Rousselle, Hippolyte BIBLIOGRAPHIE MONTOISE. ANNALES DE L'IMPRIMERIE À MONS DEPUIS 1580 JUSQU'À NOS JOURS MONS, 1858.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1971 8vo cloth viii, 771 pages.
Reprint of the 1858 edition published in Mons. With some facsimiles.

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Price: $ 230.00 other currencies Order nr. 103524

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Rouzet, Anne DICTIONNAIRE DES IMPRIMEURS, LIBRAIRES ET ÉDITEURS DES XVE ET XVIE SIÈCLES DANS LES LIMITES GÉOGRAPHIQUES DE LA BELGIQUE ACTUELLE. AVEC LA COLLABORATION DE M. COLIN-BOON, P. DEPREZ, M. LEFÈVRE, R. ROBBRECHT ET L. VAN DEN BRANDEN.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1975 4to Cloth (VI), 287 pp. in double col
Full biographies of some 800 Belgian printers and publishers of the 15th and 16th century, with a complete survey of the existing literature on each.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 265.00 other currencies Order nr. 103534

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Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel NINETEENTH-CENTURY PRINTING PRACTICES AND THE IRON HANDPRESS
2 volumes. New Castle and London Oak Knoll Press and the British Library 2004 small 4to. unbound sheets 1152 pages
First edition. Nineteenth-Century Printing Practices and the Iron Handpress is encyclopedic in its examination of printing techniques from the late-seventeenth century through the nineteenth century. Using selected readings from printers' manuals - beginning with Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercises on the Whole Art of Printing, 1683, and culminating with John Southward's Practical Printing, 1900 - Gabriel Rummonds has distilled over two hundred years of printers' wisdom into this very readable and important work on iron handpresses and how they were used in the nineteenth century.
This remarkable work represents over twenty years of research and scholarship by one of the most celebrated fine press printers of the twentieth-century. With almost five hundred rare and scarce wood cuts, engravings and photographs, and the most comprehensive annotated bibliography on the subject ever printed, this monumental, two-volume work stands alone in the annals of printing history. Nineteenth-Century Printing Practices and the Iron Handpress is a worthy companion to Rummonds' 1998 classic, Printing on the Iron Handpress. Co-published with The British Library.

Set of unbound sheets suitable for binding (sewn and glued signatures without a case).
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 76433

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Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel PRINTING ON THE IRON HANDPRESS
New Castle, Delaware and London Oak Knoll Press & The British Library 1998 tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket 496 pages.
First edition. This is the definitive printing manual for printing students, contemporary printers and printing historians. A master printer, Richard-Gabriel Rummonds has written a work destined to become a standard text on the art of fine printing. Students, printers, and printing historians will find this new book gratifying, enlightening and extremely instructive. Filling the need for a systematic, step-by-step manual for using this time-honored piece of equipment, this award winning printer and author presents how to print on the iron handpress in comprehensive and thorough detail.
Rummonds' instruction has been gained from over 30 years of experience working with such presses. Drawing his inspiration from historical practices and modifying them for the needs of contemporary printers, he treats this device as if it needs only the proper operation in order to realize its optimum potential.
Rummonds lays out this manual by covering all the materials involved and step-by-step, the various different ways to achieve the same result - to make a distinct, substantial and evenly-inked impression on damp paper. Realizing that there is more than one way to print, the author concentrates on methods that can be repeated with a reasonable amount of success and dependability as well as serving as a point of departure for experimentation. With a Foreword by Harry Duncan, over 400 illustrations and technical drawings by George Laws, and 35 photographs of famous, well-known, historical and contemporary fine printers at their presses. End materials include an extensive glossary, bibliography, and a list of suppliers. Sales Rights: Available outside the UK from Oak Knoll Books. Available in the UK from The British Library.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 48848

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Ryder, John PRINTING FOR PLEASURE, A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR AMATEURS
With a foreword by Vivian Ridler. London The Bodley Head (1976) 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 130, (14) pages.
Revised edition. Printing can be one of the most enjoyable and creative hobbies and since its first publication, this book has brought this fascinating art to hundreds of people. Ryder's book is a primer on printing for the amateur, covering the choice and purchase of press, type, paper and ink plus the planning, designing and production of the printed material itself. Ryder includes a chapter on private press work on both sides of the Atlantic and a full glossary of the printers' terms essential to anyone becoming involved in the world of books and printing.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 5214

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Schenck, David H. DIRECTORY OF THE LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS OF SCOTLAND 1820-1870.
Edinburgh Oak Knoll Press/Edinburgh Biblio. Soc. 1999 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages.
First edition. A comprehensive directory of Scotland's lithographic printers from 1820-1870. This scholarly reference work lists their locations and periods of activity. This work is also a valuable guide towards Scotland's contribution to this artistic period.
Price: $ 39.95 other currencies Order nr. 56710

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Schottenloher, Karl DIE LANDSHUTER BUCHDRUCKER DES 16. JAHRHUNDERTS. MIT EINEM ANHANG: DIE APIANUSDRUCKEREI IN INGOLSTADT.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1967 4to stiff paper wrappers. (ix), 93 pages.
Reprint of the 1930 edition published in Mainz. More than 235 entries, the great majority of which are imprints by Johann Weyssenburger. With 20 plates.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 103697

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Schottenloher, Karl DER MÜNCHNER BUCHDRUCKER HANS SCHOBSER, 1500-1530. MIT EINEM ANHANG: WER IST JOHANN LOCHER VON MÜNCHEN?
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1967 4to stiff paper wrappers. xii, 158 pages.
Reprint of the 1925 edition published in München. More than 235 entries. With 35 illustrations on 31 plates.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 80.00 other currencies Order nr. 103696

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Selch, Frederick R. and H. Reynolds Butler. THE LEGACY OF SEBASTIAN VIRDUNG: AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF RARE BOOKS FROM THE FREDERICK R. SELCH COLLECTION PERTAINING TO THE HISTORY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
New York The Grolier Club 2005 8.5 x 11 inches paperback 240 pages
This book examines works from the Frederick S. Selch Collection pertaining to the history of musical instruments. Selch was well-known for collecting books about history, design, and the use of musical instruments. His books on this field of study will continue to be a resource for research as they present the developing history of the field of organology. The books also reveal plenty about the history of printing and book illustration, and with 100 items showcased, this exhibition represents the diversity and quality of Selch's collection.

Produced after the exhibition held at the Grolier Club from January 26 to March 11, 2005, the book contains much of the commentary included in the labels displayed at the exhibition. Laurence Libdin, Curator of Musical Instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and H. Reynolds Butler provide additional commentary. Entries are arranged chronologically under author, compiler, or publisher. Each description includes full title transcriptions with original spellings, ligatures, and punctuation, commentary, format, register of signatures, number of leaves, pagination, and page size. The publication also includes a summary of each book's printing history and references. In addition to the catalogue, appendixes, notes, and an index are presented. The book, designed by Jerry Kelly and printed by the Studley Press, is beautifully illustrated in black-and-white.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 106662

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Shields, David S., Caroline Sloat, et al. LIBERTY! ÉGALITÉ! INDEPENDENCIA! : PRINT CULTURE, ENLIGHTENMENT AND REVOLUTION IN THE AMERICAS, 1776-1838.
Papers from a Conference at the American Antiquarian Society in June 2006 and the James Russell Wiggins Lecture 'We declare you independent whether you wish it or not': The Print Culture of Early Filibusterism. Worcester, MA American Antiquarian Society 2007 6 x 9.25 inches stiff paper wrappers 216 pages
This new book begins with the 2006 James Russell Wiggins Lecture, an annual activity of the American Antiquarian Society through its Program in the History of the Book in American Culture. The lectureship honors the memory of James Russell Wiggins, the president of the American Antiquarian Society from 1970 to 1977. This year, the lecture was given by David Shields on the topic "'We declare you independent whether you wish it or not': The Print Culture of Early Filibusterism."
The conference papers explore the circulation, translation, revision, cross-cultural interpretation and influence of key texts inciting revolt against colonial domination and establishing independent states in the western hemisphere during the first age of Revolution. Matters treated include the effect of European Enlightenment books and pamphlets on independence movements throughout the Americas; the representation of Revolutions in North America, France, Haiti, Central and South America in the press; the publication of public documents, charters and political declarations and their international influence; print and the reaction against the Revolution; and the literature of Revolution and the creation of the "vox populi" in new American nation states.
Distributed for the American Antiquarian Society.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 95793

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(Society of Printers) Kosofsky, Scott-Martin (editor) THE SP CENTURY: BOSTON'S SOCIETY OF PRINTERS THROUGH ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF CHANGE.
Charlestown and Boston, MA and New Castle,DE Society of Printers, Boston Public Library, Oak Knoll Press 2006 6 x 9 inches cloth, leather inset label with SP logo 268 pages
This beautifully produced volume celebrates the centennial of Boston's Society of Printers, the oldest honorary society of its kind in America. Founded in 1905 by such luminaries as Daniel Berkeley Updike, Bruce Rogers, Henry Lewis Johnson, Carl Purington Rollins, and William Dana Orcutt, the Society's dedicated membership over the years has included the likes of William A. Dwiggins (who in 1922 actually coined the term "graphic design"), Rudolph Ruzicka, John Howard Benson, Ray Nash, Roderick Stinehour, Dorothy Abbe, Hermann Zapf, Philip Hofer, Leonard Baskin, and Matthew Carter.
The book's ten original essays cover unusually broad ground for such a publication, not only delving into the Society's history and Boston's, but also into more philosophical terrain, examining questions such as the definition of printing itself, the political and sociological worlds of some prominent members, and the grand-scale game of "musical chairs" played by those who have called themselves "printers" over the past hundred years. An essay on type and lettering design among the SP membership and its circle is especially rich, comprising interviews with leading practitioners and including information on these crafts that cannot be found elsewhere. A review of a century of meeting announcements is a microcosmic history of American graphic design and printing techniques in the 20th century. Also examined are the habits of the great book collectors among the Society's members, and the distinguished group who have continued in the realm of handmade books and fine letterpress printing.
The authors are all noted scholars and practitioners: Lance Hidy, Jean Evans, Eleanor M. Garvey, James E. Mooney, Barry Moser, Katherine McCanless Ruffin, Darrell Hyder, Al Gowan, Victor Curran, and Scott-Martin Kosofsky. The designer of the book is the renowned Roderick Stinehour, who contributed a colophon that is a fine essay in its own right. Scott-Martin Kosofsky, well-known designer and author of Judaic works, edited the volume. As one might expect from a book produced by and for The Society of Printers, the Design and Execution are exceptional. The illustrations have been rendered in stunning four-color tone, making everything from the black-and-white images to the full color illustrations crisp and eye-catching. Co-published with The Society of Printers and The Boston Public Library.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 92255

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Southall, Richard PRINTER'S TYPE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN METHODS.
New Castle and London Oak Knoll Press and The British Library 2005 7 x 10 inches Hardcover, dust jacket 256 pages.
First edition. The last years of the nineteenth century saw the final stages in the transition of type manufacture from a craft to an industrial process, and the first appearance of complex mechanical systems for the composition of text. A hundred years later, text composition used only the simple mechanisms inside laser printers and image-setters, and type manufacture was well on the way to becoming a craft process once again; though now with computer displays and software replacing steel punches and copper matrices.

Printer's Type in the Twentieth Century traces the evolution of type manufacture and design from hand punch-cutting through hot-metal and photographic composition to laser image-setting and the PostScript revolution. The book takes a theoretical view of its topic, rather than a simple narrative approach. It is intended for readers interested in recent typographic history, and the relationships between design methods and production technologies in type manufacture.

Richard Southall has been involved with type and typography since the early 1960s; in publishing, composing-machine manufacture and development, teaching, research and consultancy. All enthusiasts of typography and its fascinating history will enjoy this important work. Contains 150 illustrations. Co-published with The British Library. Sales Rights: North & South America only; available elsewhere from The British Library.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 79701

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Spevack, Marvin (Editor). ISAAC D'ISRAELI ON BOOKS: PRE-VICTORIAN ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2004 6.75 x 9.5 inches cloth, dust jacket xxxvii, 266 pages
First edition. Benjamin D'Israeli was of the opinion that he was born in a library. The library was reputed to have held about 25,000 volumes and belonged to his father, Isaac D'Israeli, a prolific and popular author of fiction, poems and historical subjects. Over his lifetime, D'Israeli had much to say about books, and the essays in this volume demonstrate his "honest desire of giving useful pleasure," as well as his conviction that books form the character of civilization. This is a fascinating read on a topic which is absorbing and thought-provoking for any bibliophile. Includes major sections on 1. Writing and Reading, 2. Printing and Publishing, 3. Books, 4. Authors & Co., 5. Preservation and Destruction, 6. Property and Politics, 7. Libraries. Includes a biography of D'Israeli by the editor at the beginning. Co-published with the British Library. Sales rights North and South America.
Price: $ 49.95 other currencies Order nr. 75715

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(Spiral Press) Cronenwett, Philip N. (compiler) THE SPIRAL PRESS (1926-1971), A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST.
New York American Printing History Association 2002 8vo. cloth 196 pages
While preparing an exhibition to accompany the 1997 Dartmouth Book Arts Summer Workshop, "Joseph Blumenthal and the Spiral Press," Mr. Cronenwett discovered that there was no standard bibliography of The Spiral Press. Since that time, Mr. Cronenwett has exhaustively researched and examined the holdings of many collections to compile this checklist of more than 600 items. The bibliography lists the press's monographs, pamphlets, exhibition catalogs and all publications relating to printing arts. This APHA publication will be an important research tool to literary and printing history scholars and collectors.

The significance of The Spiral Press to American letters and cultural history is underscored by the items listed in the bibliography. Joseph Blumenthal designed and printed for Robert Frost, W. H. Auden, Pablo Neruda, William Carlos Williams, Robinson Jeffers and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Institutions counted among the press's clients were The Metropolitan Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, The Morgan Library, The Grolier Club and The American Academy of Arts and Letters.

The press is also extremely significant to printing history in America. As a printer, Joseph Blumenthal set standards that are unequalled for dedication to the details of fine printing and design. His proprietary typeface, Spiral, was admired by the Monotype Corporation and adapted as "Emerson" for commercial book composition. In his later years, Blumenthal prepared a series of exhibitions on fine printing in America and Europe. He wrote and taught, sharing his passion for the book. To him the book was "a prime cultural heritage. Poetry, knowledge and the aspirations of mankind have been spread by the book to the whole of society."

The book has 196 pages containing more than two dozen reproductions of Spiral Press pages. These are offset-printed, in additional colors where appropriate, at the Studley Press. The book is casebound in a fine imported cloth over boards and issued in an edition of 500 copies.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 97455

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Staikos, K. & Sklavenitis, T. (editors). THE PRINTED GREEK BOOK 15TH - 19TH CENTURY.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press and Kotinos Publications 2004 6.5" x 9.5" Half faux leather/printed paper-covered boards, 710 pages
Printed letterpress in an edition limited to 1000 copies. In May of 2001, an International Congress on the History of Greek Printing was held in Delphi, Greece where leading scholars presented over 40 papers pertaining to dissemination of the Greek language via manuscripts, books and documents. The collection of essays compiled in this book is the publication of these learned papers.
A sample of essays within the text includes the following: "The First Use of Greek Type in Spain, France, the Low Countries and England" by Dennis E. Rhodes; "Andreas Kounadis and the Nicolini da Sabbio" by Evro Layton; "Libri Greci Impressi da Melchiorre Sessa Solo e in Societa con Pietro di Ravini (1521-1555)" by Silvia Curi Nicolardi; "Greek Books in Venice" by Marino Zorzi; "Controversial Problems Regarding the Printing Press of Moschopolis" by Max Demeter Peyfuss; "Echi e Riflessi dell'Illuminismo Veneto nella Letteratura Scientifica del Tardo Settecento Eptanesio" by Maria Laura Soppelsa; and "British Collections of Seventeenth-Century Greek Liturgical Books" by Michael Jeffreys.
This illustrated and handsomely bound volume is one of the best scholarly works on the diaspora of the Greek written word. The essays appear in a broad variety of languages, and many are printed in Greek. There is a useful appendix that contains abstracts in English for all 30 of the essays in Greek. It should be on the book shelf of all scholars of Greek culture and anyone interested in early books in the West. Co-published with Kotinos Publications, Athens Greece.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 76423

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Staikos, Konstantinos Sp. GREEK LIBRARY: THE KONSTANTINOS SP. STAIKOS BOOK COLLECTION HENCEFORTH THE ALEXANDER S. ONASSIS PUBLIC BENEFIT FOUNDATION LIBRARY.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2011 9 x 12.25 inches hardcover 550 pages
Greek Library is a bibliography of the collection of Konstantinos Sp. Staikos acquired by the Library of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. This collection represents the entire spectrum of the intellectual pursuits of the Greeks of the Diaspora, extending over a period from the Early Renaissance until the late years of Neo-Hellenic Enlightenment. The books in this collection not only exemplify Greek printing and publishing activities, but they demonstrate the participation of Greeks in international politics and religious matters in the courts of empires such as Russia and Austria.

The collection includes more than 1,200 titles divided into five sections. The first section, Renaissance-Humanism, discusses first editions of Greek literature, grammaires, and Lexikons. The other sections examine Neo-Hellenic literature, liturgies, theology, and the Neo-Hellenic Enlightenment. Among these sections, poetry, novels, mythistories, gospels, psalters, the Old and New Testament, Works of the Greek Fathers, Dogmatic works, translations of European literature, and specimens of Greek typography in many places are examined.

For each listed book, full bibliographical notes, references in standard bibliographies, provenance, comments, notes, and descriptions by the writer are provided. There are over 700 printers' marks listed, as well as many title pages and portraits of writers, publishers, and editors. A general introduction, introductions for each section, a general index, and an index of printers are also included.
Price: $ 195.00 other currencies Order nr. 104816

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Staikos, Konstantinos Sp. GREEK PHILOSOPHICAL EDITIONS IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF PRINTING.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2001 large 8vo. paper-covered boards. 224 pages
This beautifully-printed and illustrated exhibition catalogue is a literary feast for the eye as well as for the mind. The reader is treated to a majestic array of rare, early Greek editions illustrated by their title pages and often with portraits of their authors. The exhibition was displayed at the International Conference on Greek Books held at the European Cultural Center of Delphi, Greece in May, 2001. Mr. Staikos' extensive research into the books of the Greek Diaspora, his passion for the subject and the many editions from his personal collection make up this unique labor of love. The text is in English and Greek, printed in color. Distributed for Kotinos Editions.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 64075

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Staikos, Konstantinos Sp. PRINTERS' & PUBLISHERS' MARKS IN BOOKS FOR THE GREEK WORLD (1494-1821).
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF 2009 8.75 x 12.25 inches hardcover, dust jacket 254 pages
This book contains reproductions of the printers and publishers marks of all those - both Greeks and non-Greeks - who printed or published books for Greek readers from the dawn of typography until just before the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821. Their aim was to preserve the historical memory of the modern Greeks, to foster the use of the Greek language, and to uphold the Orthodox faith. Also reproduced here are the crests and coats of arms of the rulers of the Danubian principalities who actively supported the publication and dissemination of Greek books in the East. Some of the devices are the marks of well-known printing houses, where Greek scholars and calligraphers were largely responsible for the accuracy of the texts and the visual appearance of the book, such as the firms of Aldus Manutius in Venice and Robert Estienne in Paris. All this printing and publishing activity, even if limited to only books containing printers or publishers marks, covered a vast area of the Western and Eastern worlds. The list of places where these books were produced includes Alcalá, Bucharest, Constantinople, Florence, Geneva, Jassy, Kefallonia, London, Milan, Moschopolis, Mount Athos, Paris, Rome, Venice, and Vienna.

The marks are illustrated and described in all their variant forms, complete with bibliographical references, identifications, a general index, and an index of printers and printing houses. They are shown at actual size and presented chronologically. Includes a brief message to the reader by the author, as well as an extensive and detailed introduction.

Available in Europe from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 102238

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Steiff, Karl DER ERSTE BUCHDRUCK IN TÜBINGEN (1498-1534). EIN BEITRAG ZUR GESCHICHTE DER UNIVERSITÄT.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1963 6.25 x 9 inches cloth. 302 pages
Reprint of the 1881 edition published in Tübingen, supplemented by additions published in the Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen 1887, 1889, 1896. Describes 161 genuine Tübingen imprints, 18 dubious- and 57 apocryph imprints as well as 54 books printed outside of Tübingen. With some facsimiles.

Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers.
Price: $ 115.00 other currencies Order nr. 103699

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Steinberg, S.H. FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF PRINTING.
New edition, revised by John Trevitt. London & New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press & The British Library (2001) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 272 pages.
New edition, entirely re-set and containing over one hundred new illustrations. Five Hundred Years of Printing describes the pivotal role that printing has played in the development of human civilization. This work covers the history of printing with movable types through several periods. Steinberg begins with the creative century (1450-1550), which witnessed the invention and beginnings of practically every single feature that characterizes the modern printing piece. An era of consolidation (1550-1800) then followed and refined achievements of the preceding period. The 19th century experienced an era of mechanization, beginning with the invention of lithography and ending with Morris's rediscovery of the Middle Ages and the heyday of the private presses. This and the inception of paperbacks preceded the post-war world, which saw the fields of typesetting, printing and publishing turned upside down.
Five Hundred Years also traces the close relationship between printing and culture over many years and also discusses topics like censorship, bestsellers, popular series, and the connection between printing and education, language and literature. Now available again in a larger, finely-illustrated format, Oak Knoll Press's edition, revised and updated by John Trevitt, draws on the collections and curatorial expertise of the British Library. This new edition takes into account the huge technological changes that the printing industry has experienced in the last two decades.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 43776

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Sterne, Harold E. A CATALOGUE OF NINETEENTH CENTURY PRINTING PRESSES.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2001 small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 272 pages.
From presses similar to Gutenberg's wine press to the mechanical marvels of the 1890s, this visually remarkable work contains the largest collection of printing equipment illustrations and advertisements to date. A careful study of the more than 480 rare woodcuts and engravings of Hand, Cylinder, Platen, Lever, Lithographic, and Rotary presses will reveal the subtle and major changes each manufacturer made to enhance his machine's productivity and printing quality. Never before has the printing or publishing historian had such a comprehensive resource at his disposal. This work truly captures the engineering technology of a bygone age. The author has spent 30 years gathering and compiling this information, a true labor of love. This second, expanded edition has over 150 new illustrations.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 61915

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Stillwell, Margaret Bingham THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD OF BOOKS, 1450 TO 1470: A CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TEXTS CHOSEN FOR PRINTING DURING THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF THE PRINTING ART.
WITH SYNOPSIS OF THE GUTENBERG DOCUMENTS New York The Bibliographical Society of America 1972 7 x 9.5 inches hardcover 140 pages
According to the Preface, for a hundred years or more, the bibliographical scholars of the world have sought to identify the man of genius who, in the mid-fifteenth century, changed the course of civilization by introducing the art of printing into the Western World. Our knowledge of Gutenberg and his claim rests upon two factors: a series of documents in manuscript that range from 1420 to the settling of his estate in 1468. These, however, fail to give conclusive support to his claim as the inventor of printing, although presenting, in the early records, an occasional and vague reference to printing, paper, ink, a press, and "four pieces" which Theodore Low DeVinne, Dr. Otto W. Fuhrmann and others have identified as the parts of a type-casting mould. The second factor consists of tributes to Gutenberg by his contemporaries and their successors, which specifically name him as the inventor of printing in statements which appeared in printed books issued during the years 1470-1499. Stillwell's work contains a bibliography of 215 of the first printed documents described as "Books and Broadsides 1450-1470," along with supplementary sections and notes on the Gutenberg documents.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 34594

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