Two volumes.
New York: Burt Franklin, (1971). large 8vo. cloth. (iv),88,xii,89-156; (iv),xxx,157-324,(iv),325-386 pages. Two volumes. Reprint of first 1912 edition. An essential guide to Dublin imprints arranged chronologically. Includes all three original parts plus the supplement.READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF EARLY DUBLIN-PRINTED BOOKS 1601 TO 1700
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1983). tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 297 pages. First edition. Spine faded, ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Many illustrations. This is an abridgement of Eisenstein's important book, THE PRINTING PRESS AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE. Divided into two parts; the shift from script to print in Western Europe and the relationship between this shift in communications and other changes occurring in Europe at the same time.READ MORE about THE PRINTING REVOLUTION IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
Mexico: Biblioteca Nacional, (1962). 4to. later cloth, leather cover label, leather spine label. (vi), 120, (4) pages. Limited to 1,000 copies. Spine slightly faded, else a near fine copy. History and bibliography of this early Mexican printer. With many reproductions of title pages. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.READ MORE about ANTONIO DE ESPONOSA, EL SEGUNDO IMPRESOR MEXICANO
(Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, 1999). 8vo. cloth. xix, 586, 16 pages. Reprint of the second and best edition of 1843 published in Paris by Jules Renouard et Cie. (Bigmore & Wyman II, 251). A fine copy. Descriptions of 1,400 books produced by each member of this distinguished family of printer - publishers. Also has tables organized by subject matter in chronological order. Written mostly French and Latin. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare..... READ MORE about ANNALES DE L'IMPRIMERIE DES ESTIENNE OU HISTOIRE DE LA FAMILLE DES ESTIENNE ET DE SES EDITIONS
Paris: Jules Renouard et Cie, 1843. 8vo. later half leather over pebbled cloth boards, top edge gilt. xix, 584, (2) pages. Second and best edition. (Bigmore & Wyman II, 251). Bookplate of Olin Lane Merriam on front pastedown. Rubbed along hinges and corners. Fine signature loose. Front free endpaper loose, yet present. Descriptions of each book produced by each member of this distinguished family of printer - publishers. Also has tables organized by subject matter..... READ MORE about ANNALES DE L'IMPRIMERIE DES ESTIENNE OU HISOTIRE DE LA FAMILLE DES ESTIENNE ET DE SES ÉDITIONS
Edited with an Introduction by Conor Fahy.
Paris: Fondation Custodia, 1993. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (8), 171, (25) pages. Edited with an Introduction by Conor Fahy. This book is an account of the production details concerning the printing and distribution of the Musaeum Francisci Calceolarii, a large illustrated volume containing a Latin description by two Veronese doctors, Benedetto Ceruti and Andrea Chiocco, of some of the Calzolari family's natural history collection. The Musaeum was published in 1622 with 800 folio pages and..... READ MORE about PRINTING A BOOK AT VERONA IN 1622, THE ACCOUNT BOOK OF FRANCESCO CALZO LARI
Tractatus de iure emphyteutico, in quo quaestiones omnes, quae ad materiam spectant, titulis apte distinctis, adamussim discutiuntur & enucleantur. Hac vltima editione non solum expurgatior, [...] sed etiam communiorum, et receptiorum quarumcumque opinionum incidentium adnotatione, [...] auctus.
Genevae (Geneva), Switzerland: Apud Leonardum Chouët, 1665. small folio (338 x 209 mm). full vellum, five raised bands. [ff], (12), 399 (page 399 wrongly labeled 373), a1-e4 (56 pages) pages of index, [ff]. Tractatus de iure emphyteutico, in quo quaestiones omnes, quae ad materiam spectant, titulis apte distinctis, adamussim discutiuntur & enucleantur. Hac vltima editione non solum expurgatior, [...] sed etiam communiorum, et receptiorum quarumcumque opinionum incidentium adnotatione, [...] auctus. Handwritten author's name at head..... READ MORE about FRANCISCI FULGINEI PROTONOTARII APOSTOLICI, & IN EADEM CATHEDRALI ECCLESIA VICARII GENERALIS...
Et aliarum vltimarum voluntatum iura, substitutionum, fideicommissorum, iuris accrescendi, Falcidie¸, Trebellianicae, legitimae, & quae eiusdem generis sunt, omnia recens regognita, & denuo in lucem edita.
Venetiis (Venice), Italy: Apud Petrum Mariam Bertanum, 1606. 8vo. later cloth boards, leather spine label. (1), (24), 618, (2); (24), 259, (1) pages. Et aliarum vltimarum voluntatum iura, substitutionum, fideicommissorum, iuris accrescendi, Falcidie¸, Trebellianicae, legitimae, & quae eiusdem generis sunt, omnia recens regognita, & denuo in lucem edita. Two volumes bound in one. Minor shelfwear to extremities. The first few signatures are becoming loose. Minor dampstaining to edges of preliminary pages. Titlepage of volume one..... READ MORE about TRACTATUS DE SUCCESSIONE TAM EX TESTAMENTO, QUAM AB INTESTATO
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
A paper read at a Clark Library Seminar on intellectual freedom, June 19, 1976, in honor of Everett T. Moore.
Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1978. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 39 pages. A paper read at a Clark Library Seminar on intellectual freedom, June 19, 1976, in honor of Everett T. Moore. First edition. Introduction by Neal Harlow. Some soiling of covers.READ MORE about THE COLONIAL PRINTER, TWO VIEWS
Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1931. 8vo. paper wrappers. 36, (4) pages and (8) pages of plates. An account of the birth and spread of newspapers with special reference to the AVISA first printed in Augsburg in 1609. Illustrated. Printed as the 16th Kleiner Druck of the Gutenberg-Gesellschaft.READ MORE about DIE ALTESTE GEDRUCKTE ZEITUNG
Menlo Park, CA: The Herity Press, 1957. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. Limited to 50 copies. An excerpt from Moxon's MECHANICK EXERCISES, London, 1683, the first manual in English on printing. Printed by Ben Lieberman at the Herity Press.READ MORE about ANCIENT CUSTOMS USED IN A PRINTING-HOUSE
Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005
New Castle, Delaware and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 6 x 9 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 281 pages. Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005. First edition. This ninth volume of the Print Networks series contains twelve exciting chapters from scholars working on the connections between the parties involved in the production of print artifacts; from author to printer, publisher, bookseller..... READ MORE about BOOK TRADE CONNECTIONS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1983. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 322 pages. First edition. These essays have been written by leading scholars on early bookselling, reading habits and the impact of printing in early America. Printing history in its broadest context may be viewed as a distinct form of cultural history, a synthesis combining the attention to ideas that is central to intellectual history with the emphasis on patterns of behavior and organization characteristic of..... READ MORE about PRINTING AND SOCIETY IN EARLY AMERICA
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1983. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 322 pages. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. These essays have been written by leading scholars on early bookselling, reading habits and the impact of printing in early America. Printing history in its broadest context may be viewed as a distinct form of cultural history, a synthesis combining the attention to ideas that is central to intellectual history with the emphasis on patterns of..... READ MORE about PRINTING AND SOCIETY IN EARLY AMERICA