(Gutenberg, John). Kapr, Albert.

JOHANN GUTENBERG, THE MAN AND HIS INVENTION.

(Aldershot): Scholar Press, (1996). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 331+(1) pages. First edition in English. A biography of Johannes Gutenberg, covering both his personal life and his achievements. Well illustrated with photographs, diagrams, drawings and facsimile pages, many in full color. With end notes, chronology, suggested readings, glossary, indexed by name and subject. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, else fine. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about JOHANN GUTENBERG, THE MAN AND HIS INVENTION

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(Gutenberg, John). Ruppel, Aloys.

JOHANNES GUTENBERG, SEIN LEBEN UND SEIN WERK.

Berlin: Verlag Gebr. Mann, 1947. small 4to. cloth-backed boards. 230 pages. Second edition, revised. Study of Gutenberg. Spine shows some spotting. Inside hinges cracked. READ MORE about JOHANNES GUTENBERG, SEIN LEBEN UND SEIN WERK

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 30567

(Gutenberg).

GUTENBERG-MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF MAINZ, WORLD MUSEUM OF PRINTING.

Mainz: Gutenberg Museum, 1974. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 51 pages. Second edition in English. Illustrated with some in color. Minor foxing. READ MORE about GUTENBERG-MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF MAINZ, WORLD MUSEUM OF PRINTING

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 37685

Haebler, Konrad.

DIE DEUTSCHEN BUCHDRUCKER DES XV. JAHRHUNDERTS IM AUSLANDE.

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2012. 4to. paper covered boards. (iv), 315 pages and 26 plates. Reprint of the 1924 first edition. Includes chapters devoted to incunabula printed in England, France, Spain, and Italy with extensive reference to works printed in Rome. A special chapter is devoted to Judaica. Indexed. Includes 26 plates of printing specimens. READ MORE about DIE DEUTSCHEN BUCHDRUCKER DES XV. JAHRHUNDERTS IM AUSLANDE

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 109506

Haebler, Konrad.

DIE MERSEBURGER DRUCKEREI VON 1479 UND IHR MEISTER.

Berlin: Gesellschaft für Typenkunde des XV. Jahrhunderts, (1912). small 4to. unbound. 5+(1) pages. Serial publication of Gesellschaft für Typenkunde des XV. Jahrhundertsvol. 5. A look at the Merseburg printing office in 1479. Loose bookplate indicates that this was purchased from the collection of H.P. Kraus. READ MORE about DIE MERSEBURGER DRUCKEREI VON 1479 UND IHR MEISTER

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 77126

Haebler, Konrad.

SPANISCHE UND PORTUGIESISCHE BUCHERZEICHEN DES XV. UND XVI. JAHRHUNDERTS.

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2011. 4to. paper covered boards. xl, 46, (2) pages. Reprint of the 1898 edition. The marks of 93 different Spanish and Portuguese printers are included in this study. An alphabetical list of printers' and publishers' names refers the reader to a biographical sketch in which each name appears. Information presented includes the dates during which a printer was active, cities in which he worked, and associates with whom he worked..... READ MORE about SPANISCHE UND PORTUGIESISCHE BUCHERZEICHEN DES XV. UND XVI. JAHRHUNDERTS

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Hellinga, Wytze.

HENRY BRADSHAW'S CORRESPONDENCE IN INCUNABULA.

Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger & Co. and A.L. Van Gendt, 1978. 8vo. cloth. xi,259-535 pages. First edition of the commentary part of this very scholarly edition of correspondence covering the years 1864-1884. Covers faded. READ MORE about HENRY BRADSHAW'S CORRESPONDENCE IN INCUNABULA

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Hindman, Sandra and James Douglas Farquhar.

PEN TO PRESS: ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS IN THE FIRST C ENTURY OF PRINTING.

Baltimore: John Hopkins University, 1977. small 4to. cloth. (viii), 234 pages and 89 plates. First edition. A fine copy. An impressive study issued in conjunction with an exhibition of incunables and manuscripts. READ MORE about PEN TO PRESS: ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS IN THE FIRST C ENTURY OF PRINTING

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Humphreys, H. Noel.

A HISTORY OF THE ART OF PRINTING FROM ITS INVENTION TO ITS WIDE-SPREAD DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

London, England: Bernard Quaritch, 1868. folio. original cloth, edges uncut. xvi, 216 pages. Second issue with the section on references at the end of the book in the first issue suppressed because of errors (Bigmore & Wyman I, 350). Preface to the second issue, table of contents, errata, appendix. Contains 106 facsimiles in photolithography produced by Day & Son which are the highlight of this book. The text contains numerous errors but the fine color..... READ MORE about A HISTORY OF THE ART OF PRINTING FROM ITS INVENTION TO ITS WIDE-SPREAD DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE...

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Hupp, Otto.

EIN MISSALE SPECIALE VORLÄUFER DES PSALTERIUMS VON 1457.

Munich: Nationale Verlagsanstalt, 1898. 4to. quarter leather with paste paper-covered boards and leather spine label, original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 30; 98; 142 pages. Three volumes bound together. The second and third volumes are entitled Gutenbergs ersten Drucke and Zum Streit um das Missale speciale Constantiense, respectively. Three monographs of Hupp's analysis of the Missale Speciale, which he discovered in 1880. Each subsequent volume corrects the conjectures set forth in earlier issues and offers new..... READ MORE about EIN MISSALE SPECIALE VORLÄUFER DES PSALTERIUMS VON 1457

Price: $300.00  other currencies  Order nr. 77014

(Incline Press). Deadman, Derek and Rigby Graham.

A PAPER SNOWSTORM.

Tony Savage and the Leicester Broadsheets
Oldham: Incline Press, 2005. folio. cloth spine, paper-covered boards, stiff paper portfolio, slipcase. (v), 73, (2) pages. Tony Savage and the Leicester Broadsheets. Limited to an edition of 200 copies. The ten sheets in the folder are genuine. However, the tipped-in sheets (as explained in the Acknowledgements) were all forged at the Incline Press. All of the forgeries differ from the original is some major respect: typeface, paper and use of color in paper or..... READ MORE about A PAPER SNOWSTORM

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(Incunabala). Butler, Pierce (compiler).

CHECK LIST OF BOOKS PRINTED DURING THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

Chicago: Newberry Library, 1924. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xiv), 192 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Wrapper lightly chipped around edges, else near fine. This is an expansion of the 1919 checklist which listed only 270 editions. This one lists 953 editions from 391 presses, 78 cities and 9 countries. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about CHECK LIST OF BOOKS PRINTED DURING THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

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(Incunabula). Campbell, M-F-A-G.

ANNALES DE LA TYPOGRAPHIE NEERLANDAISE AU XVe SIECLE, 3rd SUPPLEMENT.

La Haye: Martinus Nijhoff, 1889. 8vo. original paper wrappers. iv, 29 pages. Third supplement to expand the bibliography of fifteenth century books printed in the Netherlands (Besterman 5160). Entries accompanied by brief commentaries. Laid paper, uncut pages. Spine rubbed. Edges of cover slightly discolored and occasionally chipped. READ MORE about ANNALES DE LA TYPOGRAPHIE NEERLANDAISE AU XVe SIECLE, 3rd SUPPLEMENT

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