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Bowers, Fredson (edited by)
STUDIES IN BIBLIOGRAPHY, PAPERS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1948-
Each year Studies in Bibliography presents a wide range of scholarly articles on bibliography, textual criticism, printing history, and book and manuscript study. The Shakespeare Folios, Quartos and other editions form the basis of many learned articles in the journal.
(c) 1997, Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia.
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Ferguson, John
BIBLIOTHECA CHEMICA, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS ON ALCHEMY, CHEMISTRY.
London: Derek Verschoyle, 1954.
Second edition. (Really a second printing with a new introduction). An indispensable reference work for those studying the history of chemistry. Filled with lengthy annotations. Foreword by F. Sherwood Taylor.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
Volume 1 | Volume 2
Wilson, James Grant and John Fiske (original editors)
APPLETONS' CYCLOPAEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889.
A very important biographical dictionary which supplements the Dictionary of American Biography. Thousands of biographies given. Portions of this electronic version have been edited from the original.
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BOOKBINDING Return to top
Davenport, Cyril
ENGLISH EMBROIDERED BOOKBINDINGS.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co, 1899.
First edition. (S-K 3635, Mejer no.290; Brenni no.793). Part of the English Bookman's Library Series. With 4 chapters; Introduction, Books Bound in Canvas, Books Bound in Velvet and Books Bound in Satin. This is the only major book on the subject.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Davenport, Cyril
ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS.
London: Seeley and Co., 1896.
First edition. (S-K 3501, Mejer no.291). Binding examples from the Royal Library in the British Museum, many of which were gathered by George III and his librarian Sir Frederick Barnard.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Horne, Herbert P.
BINDING OF BOOKS, AN ESSAY IN THE HISTORY OF GOLD-TOOLED BINDINGS.
New York: Empire State Book Co., 1927.
Second impression of the second edition but with a new editor note by A.W. Pollard. (Brenni no.232, S-K 1819). With 12 illustrations and 2 figures. Part of the Books about Books Series edited by Pollard.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Richardson Co.
LEATHERS FOR BOOKBINDINGS AND UPHOLSTRY PRODUCED BY EDW. & JAS. RICHARDSON.
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Elswick Leather Works, 1910.
Third edition, revised. Issued with original leather samples mounted on the inside front boards. Includes a useful summary of the different kinds of skins used in bookbindings.
Harmartan Leather
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Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington
BOOKBINDING AND THE CONSERVATION OF BOOKS
Washington: Library of Congress, 1982.
With foreword by Frederick R. Goff. Contains thousands of terms and definitions which deal with the binding, care and repair of books. With a bibliography listing 373 related sources.
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Weber, Carl J.
A THOUSAND AND ONE FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS, WITH NOTES ON THE ARTISTS, BOOKBINDERS, PUBLISHERS AND OTHER MEN AND WOMEN CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF A CURIOUS ART.
Waterville, Maine: Colby College Press, 1949.
First edition, limited to 1000 copies. With a listing of 1001 books containing fore-edge paintings and various pieces of information about each book.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Zahn, Otto
ON ART BINDING, A MONOGRAPH.
Memphis: S.C. Toof & Co., 1904.
Originally published in an edition limited to 1075 numbered copies signed by the author, of which this is one of the 75 numbered copies printed on Japanese Vellum.. (Brenni no.348; Mejer no.639). 12 plates. With an introduction by W.G. Bowdoin.
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BOOK COLLECTING Return to top
Blades, William
THE ENEMIES OF BOOKS.
London: Elliot Stock, 1888.
Revised and enlarged edition. Chapters on fire, water, gas and heat, dust, ignorance, bookbinders, etc., all as enemies of the book.
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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Bouchot, Henri
THE BOOK: ITS PRINTERS, ILLUSTRATORS, AND BINDERS, FROM GUTENBERG TO THE PRESENT TIME.
London: H. Grevel, 1890.
Extensively revised edition with addition illustrations. With a Treatise on the Art of Collecting and Describing Early Printed Books, and a Latin- English and English-Latin Topographical Index of the Earliest Printing Places. Edited by H. Grevel.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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de Bury, Richard 1287-1345
LOVE OF BOOKS, THE PHILOBIBLON OF RICHARD DE BURY NEWLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY E.C. THOMAS.
Originally issued London: Alexander Moring at the De La More Press, 1902.
First appearance of the Thomas translation in the King's Classics Series edited by Israel Gollancz. A classic tale of book collecting.
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Field, Eugene
THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF A BIBLIOMANIAC.
Webber (p.69) states that this book has been described as the best American essay on book collecting.
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Gladstone, William Ewart
ON BOOKS AND THE HOUSING OF THEM.
Originally issued New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1890.
The Prime Minister on book collecting.
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Lang, Andrew
ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS.
Ondon, New York, etc.: Longmans, Green and Co., 1912.
A collection of 17 essays about books and their authors.
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Lang, Andrew
LIBRARY, WITH A CHAPTER ON MODERN ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS BY AUSTIN DOBSON.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1881.
First edition. (Webber p.86). Chapters on An Apology for the Book-Hunter, The Library, The Books of the Collector, and Illustrated Books. 19 illustrations including two color plates showing bindings are not reproduced in this electronic version.
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Maclaren, Ian [Pseudonym of the Rev. John Watson]
BOOKS AND BOOKMEN.
London : J. Nisbet, 1912.
An essay devoted to books, reading and book collectors.
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Newton, A. Edward
THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD AND OTHER PAPERS.
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1925.
First edition. One of the classic books about book collecting.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Pollard, Alfred W.
OLD PICTURE BOOKS WITH OTHER ESSAYS ON BOOKISH SUBJECTS.
London: Methuen and Co., 1902.
First edition. Seventeen chapters including a chapter on the first English book sale, one on the Franks collection of armorial book-stamps, printers' marks of the 15th and 16th centuries, etc.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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BOOK DESIGN Return to top
De Vinne, Theodore Low
TITLE-PAGES AS SEEN BY A PRINTER. With numerous illustrations in facsimile and some observations on the early and recent printing of books.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1901.
First edition, limited to 325 copies. An amazing study of type design with chapters on The Colophon, Titles with Device, Titles with Engraved Borders, Borders of Flowers or Rules, Paragraph and Bastard Titles, Titles in Black Letter and 15 others. Includes a section on Chap Books with two Will Bradley reproductions and negative comments by DeVinne on the style.
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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De Vinne, Theodore Low
TREATISE ON TITLE-PAGES, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS IN FACSIMILE AND SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE EARLY AND RECENT PRINTING OF BOOKS.
New York: The Century Co., 1902.
The most important of the four books in DeVinne's series entitled The Practice of Typography.
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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BOOK ILLUSTRATION Return to top
Beedham, John and Eric Gill
WOOD ENGRAVING.
Ditchling, England: S. Dominic's Press, 1925.
Second edition. (Taylor and Sewell, no.A76; Even Gill, no. 77). Illustrations include five engravings by Eric Gill, and twenty-eight other designs and illustrations. Gill also supplied the text for the introduction and appendix. According to Taylor and Sewell this edition erroneously states 'First printed 1921' on the verso of the title-page.
Courtesy of David Bull, woodblock.com.
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Beerbohm, Max
THE WORKS OF MAX BEERBOHM BY MAX BEERBOHM WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY BY JOHN LANE.
First published in New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890, includes a bibliography by John Lane.
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Binyon, Laurence and J.J. O'Brien Sexton
JAPANESE COLOUR PRINTS.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.
The classic survey in English on Japanese printmaking.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Bouchot, Henri François Xavier Marie
THE BOOK: ITS PRINTERS, ILLUSTRATORS, AND BINDERS, FROM GUTENBERG TO THE PRESENT TIME. With a Treatise on the Art of Collecting and Describing Early Printed Books, and a Latin- English and English-Latin Topographical Index of the Earliest Printing Places. Edited by H. Grevel.
London: H. Grevel, 1890.
Extensively revised from the first edition.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Davenport, Cyril
MEZZOTINTS.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.
Issued as part of The Connoisseur's Library edited by Cyril Davenport. Notes on techniques on creating mezzotints, and a wealth of information on the engravers who are noted for this art form. Illustrated with plates, many of which are portraits of well known figures of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, that are examples of the work of the artists mentioned.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Hardie, Martin
ENGLISH COLOURED BOOKS.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1906.
First U.S. edition. With colored illustrations. An important text book in the understanding of the developments of color printing. With an introduction by James Laver.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Herbert, J.A.
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS.
London: Methuen and Co., (1911).
Issued as part of The Connoisseur's Library edited by Cyril Davenport. "Virtually an encyclopedia of the hand-illuminated book." An historical account with many illustrations.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Pollard, Alfred W.
EARLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS; A HISTORY OF THE DECORATION AND ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES.
New York: Empire State Book Company, 1927.
Third edition. (Hart no.100). Chapters on Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Spain and England.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Pollard, Alfred W.
OLD PICTURE BOOKS WITH OTHER ESSAYS ON BOOKISH SUBJECTS.
London: Methuen and Co., 1902.
First edition. Seventeen chapters including a chapter on the first English book sale, one on the Franks collection of armorial book-stamps, printers' marks of the 15th and 16th centuries, etc.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Wedmore, Frederick
ETCHINGS.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1911.
Issued as part of The Connoisseur's Library edited by Cyril Davenport.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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BOOKPLATES Return to top
Junge, Carl Stephen
EX LIBRIS.
New York: H.L. Lindquist, 1935.
With an introduction by Leroy Truman Goble. Illustrated with many examples.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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BOOK SELLING Return to top
Lang, Andrew
BOOKS AND BOOKMEN.
Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887.
Essays including the Rowfant Books (Locker-Lampson), Curiosities of Parish Registers, Literary Forgeries, A Bookman's Purgatory and others.
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Thompson, James Westfall
FRANKFORT BOOK FAIR, THE FRANCOFORDIENSE EMPORIUM OF HENRI ESTIENNE.
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1911.
First edition, limited to 300 copies and printed on English hand-made paper. Profusely illustrated with eight plates on vellum. Chapters on the beginning of the German book trade, the origin and character of the Frankfort Book Fair, Frankfort printers, etc. Edited with Historical Introduction, Original Latin Text with English Translation on Opposite Pages and Notes.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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FINE PRINTING, PRIVATE PRESS, ARTIST'S BOOKS Return to top
Blake, William
SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE. 1794.
Lesing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress.
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Blake, William
SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE. 1826.
Lesing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress.
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Blake, William
THE BOOK OF URIZEN. [ca. 1815].
Lesing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress.
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GUTENBERG BIBLE [circa 1455]
Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas.
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FORGERY Return to top
Boaden, James
AN INQUIRY INTO THE AUTHENTICITY OF VARIOUS PICTURES AND PRINTS, WHICH,
FROM THE DECEASE OF THE POET TO OUR OWN TIMES, HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO THE
PUBLICAS PORTRAITS OF SHAKSPEARE.
London: Printed for Robert Triphook, 1824.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Smith, Robert Metcalf
THE SHAKESPEARE FOLIOS AND THE FORGERIES OF SHAKESPEARE'S HANDWRITING IN
THE LUCY PACKER LINDERMAN MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF LEHIGH UNIVERSITY.
Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University, 1927.
Compiled with the assistance of Howard Seavoy Leach.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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HISTORY OF PRINTING Return to top
Adams, Thomas F.
TYPOGRAPHIA; OR, THE PRINTER'S INSTRUCTOR: A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE ORIGI N, RISE, AND PROGRESS OF THE TYPOGRAPHIC ART, WITH PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR CONDUCTING EVERY DEPARTMENT IN AN OFFICE, HINTS TO AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS, &C..
Philadelphia, L. Johnson & Co. 1851.
Fourth edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I,3). The first edition was issued in 1837. This was the second practical printing manual issued by an American author; it was compiled from many of the facts given by Hansard and Johnson. This edition contains work on Gold, Bronze, Card and Xylographic printing and the printing of wood engravings. This copy appears to lack the title page.
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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Christian, Arthur and Jules Claretie
DEBUTS DE L'IMPRIMERIE EN FRANCE, L'IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE, L'HOTEL DE ROHAN.
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1904.
First edition. (St. Bride Cat. p.184). Preface by Jules Claretie followed by a history of the beginning of printing in France and histories of the two famous French printers, L'Imprimerie Nationale and Hotel de Rohan. Printed in different type faces to demonstrate types available and profusely illustrated with decorations, vignettes and other designs in various colors (colors not reproduced).
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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Gent, Thomas. (edited by rev. Joseph Hunter)
THE LIFE OF MR. THOMAS GENT, PRINTER, OF YORK WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
London: Thomas Thorpe, 1832.
First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 260). "A very interesting biography of a distinguished country printer. It contains also a number of details relative to the history of typography during the second half of the eighteenth century." Thorpe found this manuscript in an Irish collection he had purchased. Gent had written the manuscript in 1746, 32 years before his death at the age of 85. See Lowndes p.875 for further comment on this work.
The Thorn Gent (genealogical) Homepage.
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Humphreys, Henry Noel
HISTORY OF THE ART OF PRINTING FROM ITS INVENTION TO ITS WIDE-SPREAD DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Preceded by a Short Account of the Origin of the Alphabet, and of the Successive Methods of Recording Events before the Invention of Printing.
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1867.
First edition. With the section on references at the end of the book. This section was suppressed in the second issued of 1868 because of errors. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 350). Contains 100 facsimiles in photolithography produced by Day & Son which are the highlight of this book. The text contains numerous errors but the fine color work done in the plates make the book a worthwhile addition to a printing history library.
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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Jackson, Holbrook and Stanley Morison
A BRIEF SURVEY OF PRINTING, HISTORY AND PRACTICE.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923.
First U.S. edition (Appleton no.18a). An illustrated history including dictionary of terms.
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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Lacroix, Paul and Édouard Fournier
HISTOIRE DE L'IMPRIMERIE ET DES ARTS ET PROFESSION QUE SE RATTACHENT.
Paris: Adolphe Delahays, n.d.
A history of printing and the related professions, including calligraphy, illumination, bookselling, engraving, papermaking, and binding. (Bigmore and Wyman I,412). Also includes a history of the fraternal associations of these professions, from their founding until their suppression in 1780. Many of the illustrations reproduce the heraldic devices of these associations; other illustrations are samples of writing and types. With four color plates. Bigmore and Wyman, in their three-page description, refer to this as a "most instructive and interesting work."
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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Plomer, Henry Robert
SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH PRINTING, 1476-1898.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co, 1900.
First edition. (Hart no.102). Part of the English Bookman's Library Series edited by Alfred Pollard. A fine guide to printing history.
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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Ringwalt, Luther (editor)
AMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PRINTING.
Philadelphia: Menamin & Ringwalt, 1871.
First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman II, 259). With twenty plates including a full color frontispiece and a full page example of raised lettering used for printing for the blind. About 1700 articles covering all aspects of the book and its production have been written by the famous authorities of the day. The many illustrations in the text are especially useful.
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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LIBRARIES Return to top
Cole, John Y.
JEFFERSON'S LEGACY : A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
Washington : Library of Congress, 1993.
A history of the library of Congress from its beginnings with bibliographical references.
Library of Congress.
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Jewett, Charles Coffin
NOTICES OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Washington, D.C.: Printed by order of Congress, as an appendix to the Fourth annual report of the Board of regents of the Smithsonian institution, 1851.
First separately issued survey of American Libraries. (Tucker 2.2; Harris p.26-29) Printed for the Senate in 1850, but separately issued as one of the Smithsonian Reports with the 1850 sheets and title page but with the addition of a 1851 title page. Describes institutional history, quantity of holdings, rate of acquisition, published catalogues, budgets, hours, access, lending policies, depending how each of the 900 queried libraries responded. The author, a noted librarian, is credited by some for devising the first National Union Catalogue project.
University of Michigan, Making of America.
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Savage, Ernest Albert
OLD ENGLISH LIBRARIES.
London: Methuen & Co., 1911.
The making, collecting and use of books in England during the middle ages. Includes information on binding.
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Stillwell, Margaret Bingham
LIBRARIANS ARE HUMAN, MEMORIES IN AND OUT OF THE RARE-BOOK WORLD 1907-1970.
Boston: Colonial Society of Mass., 1973.
First edition. Originally printed at the Anthoensen Press and with the illustrations produced by Meriden Gravure.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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LITERARY CRITICISM Return to top
Milton, John
AREOPAGITICA A SPEECH FOR THE LIBERTY OF UNLICENSED PRINTING TO THE PARLIAMENT OF ENGLAND.
The Text of John Milton's famous parliamentary speech about censorship and the liberty of unlicensed printing given before Parliament of England November 24, 1644.
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SHAKESPEAREAN PROMPT-BOOKS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
These eight volumes (15 plays) are studies of the stage texts used in various seventeenth-century performances of Shakespeare's plays. G. Blakemore Evans has identified the different manuscript hands that annotate the prompt-books and compared them with other eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Shakespearean stage texts. Thus, the collection provides an opportunity to examine Shakespearean performance traditions and innovations.
(c) 1997, Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia.
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Shroeder, John W.
THE GREAT FOLIO OF 1623; SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS IN THE PRINTING HOUSE.
N.P.: The Shoe String Press, 1956.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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Zapata, Antonii, Francisco de Lyra; Juan de Herrera; Alardus Popma
INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBITORUM. NOUUS INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBITORUM ET EXPURGATORUM.
Hispali : Ex typographaeo Francisci de Lyra, 1632.
A catalogue of prohibited books issued by the Spanish Inquisition under the direction of cardinal Antonio Zapata (1550-1635). Title-page engraved by Alardus de Popma after Juan de Herrera.
(BM STC Spanish and Portuguese, 1601-1700,; I42).
Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla.
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PUBLISHING Return to top
Hesse, Carla Alison
PUBLISHING AND CULTURAL POLITICS IN REVOLUTIONARY PARIS, 1789-1810.
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1991.
A treatise on the cultural role of publishing during the French revolutionary period. Includes bibliographical references and an index.
E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program.
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TYPOGRAPHY Return to top
American Type Founders Co.
SPECIMEN BOOK AND CATALOGUE.
Jersey City, NJ: American Type Founders Co., 1923.
Arguably the most famous of American type specimen catalogues. (Annenberg p.44). "The last of the large catalogues."
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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Currier, E. R.
TYPE SPACING.
New York: J.M. Bowles, 1912.
First edition, originally printed in an edition limited to 300 copies.
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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De Vinne, Theodore Low
HISTORIC PRINTING TYPES.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1886.
First edition, originally published in an edition limited to only 202 copies and printed by DeVinne. The text of a lecture read before The Grolier Club of New York, January 25, 1885.
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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Orcutt, William Dana and Edward E. Bartlett
THE MANUAL OF LINOTYPE TYPOGRAPHY.
Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Co., 1923.
"Prepared to aid Users and Producers of Printing in securing Greater Unity and Real Beauty in the Printed Page."
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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Updike, Daniel Berkeley
PRINTING TYPES.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1922.
A History of the art of typography and printing from the dawn of printing to the twentieth century. Volume I, discusses the Latin alphabet, the invention of printing, the cutting and casting of types, fifteenth-century types in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and England as well as German, Italian and French types of sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Volume II continues the discussion of types to the beginning of the nineteenth century and then describes American types and nineteenth-century types in general. The closing chapters on choice of type and the industrial conditions of the past and their relationship to problems printers face are very informative.
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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Zapf, Hermann and Jack Werner Stauffscher
HUNT ROMAN: THE BIRTH OF A TYPE.
Pittsburgh: The Pittsburgh Bibliophiles, 1965.
First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies. Foreword by George H.M. Lawrence. Includes illustrations showing the development of this type face.
Carnegie Mellon University, Posner Collection.
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WRITING & CALLIGRAPHY
Quaritch, Bernard
PALAEOGRAPHY, NOTES UPON THE HISTORY OF WRITING AND THE MEDIEVAL ART OF ILLUMINATION.
London: Privately printed, 1894.
Originally published in an edition limited to 199 numbered copies "privately printed for my personal friends." Extended from a talk Quartich gave to the Sette of Odd Volumes.
Carnegie Mellon University, Universal Library.
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