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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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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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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