Lyon: 1561 (London: Eugrammia Press, 1962). folio. quarter leather with printed cloth covers, top edge gilt. Not paginated. Limited to 735 numbered copies published by the Eugrammia Press. Printed in collotype on page produced specially for this edition by W. & R. Balston. A facsimile reprint of the 1561Apocalypse de Jean (St. John's Revelation) and its wonderful engravings by Jean Duvet. Spine shows fading. Bookplate. READ MORE about L' APOCALYPSE FIGUREE, PAR MAISTRE IEHAN DUUET, IADIS ORSEVRE DES ROIS, FRANCOIS PREMIER DE CE...

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1968. 8vo. paper wrappers bound into a pamphlet binder. pp.170-182. Offprint from Gutenberg Jahrbuch, 1968. Article on the first printer in Colmar. Illustrated. Tags on front and back of pamphlet binding. READ MORE about AMANDUS FARCKALL, LE PREMIER IMPRIMEUR DE COLMAR

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London: The Bibliographical Society, 1989. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 42 pages. Occasional Papers Number 4. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about THE LOAN BOOK OF THE STATIONERS' COMPANY, WITH A LIST OF TRANSACTIONS 1592 - 1692

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San Francisco, (CA): Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1980. thick 4to. cloth. (iv), viii, 351+(1) pages. First edition, limited to 300 copies, of which only 275 were offered for sale. Lacking the dust jacket. Boards slightly warped, light foxing to top edge. Interior is clean. Text discusses the history and genealogy of the Giunti family and firm, publishers in Florence, including period paper prices, the publishing market, and copyright. The text is followed by an extensive bibliography..... READ MORE about GIUNTI OF FLORENCE, MERCHANT PUBLISHERS

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London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1930. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 121-149. An article in "The Library", Fourth Series, Vol. XI, No. 2, September 1930. Contains a black-and-white map entitled "A Survey of Greyfriars in the 17th Century". Wear at extremities with chips and tears. READ MORE about " GRAFTON AND THE LONDON GREY FRIARS."

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Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1923. folio. original cloth, gilt on cover and spine, leather spine label. [vi], 446 pages. First edition. Front hinge starting. Rubbing along the edges of the boards and spine ends. Bump to fore-edge of the front cover with minor loss. Corners rubbed. Over 480 illustrations / facsimiles, footnotes & references, chronological survey, chronologial table, index persons. Very scarce. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely..... READ MORE about GESCHICHTE DES SPANISCHEN FRUHDRUCKES IN STAMMBAUMEN

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Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1974. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 165 pages with 5 illustrations. Second printing of first edition; with a supplemental annotated bibliographical introduction. A fine copy of this very scarce title. An excellent one volume guide to the literature of the book. Broken down into eight sections including sections on printers and printing, cost of production, selling of books, etc. READ MORE about PRINTING, SELLING AND READING, 1450-1550

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London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1933. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers; top edge cut, other edges uncut. pp. 212-228. An article in Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, New Series, Vol. XIV, No. 2. With facsimiles of items cited by the author. Other articles focusing on printing and publishing in Tudor and Stuart England. Edges slightly worn and wrappers lightly tanned. Unopened. READ MORE about " ELIZABETHAN ROMAN AND ITALIC TYPES."

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N.P.
(Los Angeles: Department of Special Collections, UCLA Library), n.d. (c1982). small 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 81 pages. N.P. About 500 entries, more a checklist than a bibliography, with index of printings arranged by printer's name. No date; crudity of typography suggests Early Word Processing--we guess 1982. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BOOKS INCLUDED IN THE AHMANSON-MURPHY EARLY ITALIAN PRINTING COLLECTION (THROUGH 1550

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London: Bowes and Bowes for the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 1958. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. xxxiv, 177 pages. With a 30 page historical introduction and a chronological list of places of printing and index of printers. Monograph No.3. Spine lightly faded. Head of spine worn, else near fine. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about ITALIAN PRINTERS, 1501-1520, AN ANNOTATED LIST WITH AN INTRODUCTION

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Hellerau: Demeter-Verlag, 1928. 8vo. two-toned paper-covered boards, paper cover label. 41, (5), 50 pages. Reprint of the 1927 first printing. A study of sixteenth-century Italian printing. With 50 reproductions of pages from sixteenth-century Italian books. Covers partially discolored. Bookplates on front pastedown and front free endpaper. Some light foxing. READ MORE about DIE BUCHDRUCKERKUNST ITALIENS IM SECHZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERT

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Chapter IV of "A History of the Printed Book"
N. P. n. p., n. d. 4to. cloth. (iv), 121-156, 20 blank pages. Chapter IV of "A History of the Printed Book" This volume is chapter IV of Johnson's "A History of the Printed Book." Includes several black-and-white illustrations and some facsimile manuscripts. Slight wear at corner and edges. Some foxing on back paste-down endpaper. READ MORE about THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

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