N.P. Respublica - Verlage Siegburg, 1964. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 152 pages. Details of the life of the first Cambridge, England, printer. READ MORE about JOHANN LAIR VON SIEGBURG, JOHN SIBERCH DER ERSTDRUCKER VON CAMBRIDGE UND SEINE WELT
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Cambridge: Macmillan & Bowes, 1906. small 8vo. two-tone cloth. 47, (5) pages. Handwritten limitation on free endpaper states that this copy is number 120 of 150 printed. Besterman 5132. John Siberch (1476-1554), born Johann Lair, was the first printer at Cambridge, from 1521-1523, and is known to have produced at least 14 works while there. This 1906 work was meant as a supplement to an 1886 work by Henry Bradshaw. Introductory matter by Bowes is..... READ MORE about JOHN SIBERCH, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES, 1886-1905, WITH FACSIMILES OF TITLE-PAGES, COLOPHONS,...
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Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1921. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 25 pages. Issued to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the beginning of printing in Cambridge. Wrapper has tear along spine. READ MORE about JOHN SIBERCH, THE FIRST CAMBRIDGE PRINTER 1521-1522
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Translated by Trevor Jones.
Cambridge: University Press, 1970. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. 73 pages. Translated by Trevor Jones. Illustrated. Siberch was the first Cambridge printer. With a bibliography of Siberch's imprints. Monography No. 6 of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society. READ MORE about JOHN SIBERCH
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Bamberg: Staatsbibliothek Bamberg, 1990. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 148 pages. Written in German. Over 100 items are listed in this Catalogue created for the State Library in Bamberg. There are three main categories, Handscriften - works written by hand; Buchdruck um 1500 in Bamberg - items that were printed by hand during the 1500s in Bamberg; and works by the German writer, E.T.A. Hoffman. Several black and white illustrations are included throughout. Minimal wear..... READ MORE about STAATSBIBLIOTHEK BAMBERG HANDSCHRIFTEN, BUCHDRUCK UM 1500 IM BAMBERG, E.T.A. HOFFMAN
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N.P. n.p., c.1960. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (2) pages+7 plates. A reprint from "Homage to a Bookman", a tribute book issued in honor of H.P. Kraus. A selection of unsigned pencil drawings in the style of the young Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, done in the manner of preparations for reproductive engravings. With an additional plate in color etched by the sporting plate artist Henry Alken (d.1851). READ MORE about DRAWINGS FOR UNIDENTIFIED BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS BY TIEPOLO
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N.P. n.p., c.1960. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (2) pages+7 plates. A reprint from "Homage to a Bookman", a tribute book issued in honor of H.P. Kraus. A selection of unsigned pencil drawings in the style of the young Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, done in the manner of preparations for reproductive engravings. With an additional plate in color etched by the sporting plate artist Henry Alken (d.1851). Presentation from the author at the head of the..... READ MORE about DRAWINGS FOR UNIDENTIFIED BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS BY TIEPOLO
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Historische Forschungen und Quellen, 4. Heft
München und Freising: Dr. F. P. Datterer & Cie. 1921. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vii), 160 pages. Historische Forschungen und Quellen, 4. Heft. This study of clandestine printer Philipp Ulhart includes 6 plates, chapters about the craft and context of his printing, and an extensive bibliography of his imprints. This copy shows minor wear and soiling. The spine is slightly damaged at the head and tail, without loss. A corner of the front wrapper and..... READ MORE about PHILIPP ULHART: EIN AUGSBERGER WINKELDRUCKER UND HELFERSHELFER DER "SCHWÄRMER" UND...
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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF Publishers, 2012. 5 x 7 inches. hardcover. 416 pages. This new study from respected typographical scholar Hendrik Vervliet is the first published history of the sixteenth-century vine leaf as a typographical ornament. Not only is it an important contribution to typographical history, but it also provides a useful tool for identifying and dating books without an imprint. In the course of the early sixteenth..... READ MORE about VINE LEAF ORNAMENTS IN RENAISSANCE TYPOGRAPHY: A SURVEY
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1958. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.247-268. An article in The Library, Fifth Series, Vol. XIII, No.4, December 1958. Ward was an important London printer during the period 1582 to 1598. This inventory record resulted from his problems with the Stationers' Company. READ MORE about " ROGER WARD'S SHREWSBURY STOCK: AN INVENTORY OF 1585."
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Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 1981. folio. board portfolio containing fascicule. 92 pages of text and 50 illustrated tables. Bibliographical descriptions of the printed works of Maciej Wirzbieta of Krakow. With illustrations of his works. READ MORE about POLONIA TYPOGRAPHICA, SAECULI SEDECIMI. FASCICULUS XI, ZESZYT MACIEJ I PAWEL WIRZBIETOWIE, KRAKOW...
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New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1973. 4to. cloth. ix, 203 pages. This book deals with those books, pamphlets and broadsides in contemporary foreign languages, including French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch, that were surreptitiously printed in England before 1640. Each of the 65 works is discussed in one of the six chapters. Printers and printing historians will also enjoy the reproductions of the titles pages and all 305 printer's ornaments and initials used in..... READ MORE about SURREPTITIOUS PRINTING IN ENGLAND, 1550-1640
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