(Mexico). Medina, Jose Toribio.

LA IMPRENTA EN MEXICO (1539-1821), TOMO I (1539-1600. EIGHT VOLUMES.

Eight volumes.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: N. Israel, 1965. 8vo. cloth. (viii),cccxxv,468,(2); (vi),611,(7); (vi),565,(3); (vi),576,(4); (vi),622,(4); (vi),711,(5); (vi),651,(7); (vi),447, (5) pages. Eight volumes. Reprint edition. Spines lightly faded with some bumping around the edges and corners. Else near fine. The best bibliography of printing in Mexico. The "first facsimile edition" of a bibliography of Mexican imprints by the Chilean historian and bibliographer José Toribio Medina (1852-1930), first published in 1907-1912 in a limited edition of 250, for which..... READ MORE about LA IMPRENTA EN MEXICO (1539-1821), TOMO I (1539-1600. EIGHT VOLUMES

Price: $350.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136485

Morgan, Charlotte E.

ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK EMPLOYING PRINTERS' ASSOCIATION.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1930. 8vo. cloth. 139 pages. First edition. Study of this organization from the beginning of printing in the Colonial period up to 1928. READ MORE about ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK EMPLOYING PRINTERS' ASSOCIATION

Price: $12.00  other currencies  Order nr. 31044

Morison, Stanley.

JOHN FELL, THE UNIVERSITY PRESS AND THE "FELL" TYPES THE PUNCHES AND MATRICES DESIGNED FOR PRINTING IN THE GREEK, LATIN, ENGLISH, AND ORIENTAL LANGUAGES BEQUEATHED IN 1686 TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD BY JOHN FELL.

Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1967. folio. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 278, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 1000 copies and printed on rag paper "from hand-set type cast at the Press in the matrices given by Fell." (Appleton no.227). "This magnificent folio is one of the most impressive pieces of bookmaking this century." Contains a history of Fell and the press, the development of the Fell types with catalogues of each, a bibliography of Fell's..... READ MORE about JOHN FELL, THE UNIVERSITY PRESS AND THE "FELL" TYPES THE PUNCHES AND MATRICES DESIGNED...

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11273

Moxon, Joseph.

CUSTOMS OF THE CHAPPEL OR ANCIENT CUSTOMS USED IN A PRINTING HOUSE.

(Washington): The National Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Broadside No. 6 released by the Hall of Printing and Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution. Reprint from Mechanick Exercises (1683-4). Moxon was a member of the Royal Society and Hydrographer to King Charles II. Includes notes about the broadside and definitions of terms employed therein. Bent at edges. READ MORE about CUSTOMS OF THE CHAPPEL OR ANCIENT CUSTOMS USED IN A PRINTING HOUSE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 109743

Myers, Robin.

ASPECTS OF PRINTING FROM 1600.

Oxford: Oxford Polytechnic Press, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 174 pages. First edition. Contains seven papers presented to the Seventh annual conference on Book Trade History. Includes "The Printers and the Government, 1604-1640" by Sheila Lambert, "English Printers and their Typefaces, 1600-1700" by Derek Nuttall, and "Bertuch: Weimar's Literary Midwife" by Ian Maxted. Illustrated. From the Publishing Pathways series. READ MORE about ASPECTS OF PRINTING FROM 1600

Price: $12.00  other currencies  Order nr. 26344

(Old School Press). Ould, Martyn.

PRINTING AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD 1660-1780.

(Seaton, England): The Old School Press, 2015. 4to. cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket. xiv, 153+(1) pages. Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by the author on colophon. Volume 1: "Resources: Premises, People, & Paper." Preface by the author, table of contents, list of illustrations, bibliography, introduction, appendix, index. Footnotes. Illustrations, mostly facsimiles of documents rekevant to the press's history. READ MORE about PRINTING AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD 1660-1780

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 132416

Pastor, Cristóbal Pérez.

BIBLIOGRAFÍA MADRILEÑA, Ó DESCRIPCIÓN DE LAS OBRAS IMPRESAS EN MADRID.

3 volumes containing seven parts.
Madrid: Tipografía de los Huérfanos, 1891-1907. small 4to. quarter cloth. (xlvii)+(1), 434, (6); (x), 558, (2), x-l, (4); (x), 564, (4) pages. 3 volumes containing seven parts. Complete first edition in seven parts. (Besterman, 5187). A bibliography of printing in Madrid until from the early 16th- century until 1625. Contains table of contents, appendices, and indices. Some browning to pages. Loosely inserted is a commemorative book label which indicates that this set came from the..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAFÍA MADRILEÑA, Ó DESCRIPCIÓN DE LAS OBRAS IMPRESAS EN MADRID

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 76025

(Pennsylvania).

PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS, 1689-1789, THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS.

N.P. State Library of Pennsylvania, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 48 pages. Two page introduction by Robert Bray Wingate. Near fine. Each page contains three columns of entries which are reproductions of catalogue cards.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS, 1689-1789, THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS

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Pettas, William.

A HISTORY & BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GIUNTI (JUNTA) PRINTING FAMILY IN SPAIN 1526 - 1628, COVERING THE JUNTA (GIUNTI) PRESS AND THE IMPRENTA REAL IN BURGOS, SALAMANCA & MADRID WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SEVERAL GIUNTI PRESSES IN VENICE, FLORENCE AND LYON AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRESS OF JUAN BAUTISTA VARESIO IN BURGOS, VALLADOLID & LERMA.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2005. 8.5" x 11" cloth, hardcover. 1086 pages. The first edition of this monumental work opens with a 170 page history of the Giunti publishing family that covers their achievements in Italy, Spain and France from 1489 to 1628. As the great rivals of the Aldine Press, the Giunti aggressively captured large portions of the lucrative governmental and Church's printing business. From their base in Florence and Venice, family..... READ MORE about A HISTORY & BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GIUNTI (JUNTA) PRINTING FAMILY IN SPAIN 1526 - 1628, COVERING...

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 77561

Plomer, H.R. et al.

A DICTIONARY OF THE PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS WHO WERE AT WORK IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND FROM 1668 TO 1725.

Oxford: Bibliographical Society, 1922. square 8vo. cloth-backed boards. xxi, 342 pages. First edition. Edited by Arundell Esdaile and authored with the help of H.G. Aldis, E.R. McC. Dix, G.J. Gray and R.B. McKerrow. Wear to spine with minor sunning. Endpapers tanned, with front hinge cracked. Exlibris with markings. READ MORE about A DICTIONARY OF THE PRINTERS AND BOOKSELLERS WHO WERE AT WORK IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND...

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 40548

Presser, Helmut.

ABC DER GROSSEN DRUCKER.

Mainz: Eggebrecht-Presse, 1951. small 4to. quarter cloth, boards, dust jacket. 59, (5) pages. Alphabetical listing of 27 famous printers. Each entry has a one-page biographical sketch of the printer followed by a full-page reproduction from a book printed by that printer. Initials by Aldus Manutius and Zainer ("A" and "Z") gilt-stamped on front and back covers respectively. Printed on special paper stock. Dust jacket worn at head of spine, else fine. READ MORE about ABC DER GROSSEN DRUCKER

Price: $12.00  other currencies  Order nr. 50011

(Prinz, Joseph).

EX OFFICINA LITERARIA.

Munster/Westf: Verlag Regensberg, 1968. small 4to. cloth, slipcase. xv, (1), 383 pages. First edition. A collection of short biographies and bibliographies of the publishers and authors that contributed to the history of printing in Westphalia, Germany. Thoroughly illustrated with numerous plates (10 fold out, some color) showing scenes of Munster and the area, facsimile reproductions from some of the books listed, and genealogical tables. Includes a foreword by the author, general bibliographical references, a subject..... READ MORE about EX OFFICINA LITERARIA

Price: $27.00  other currencies  Order nr. 59700

Putnam, Geo. Haven.

BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES A STUDY OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE FROM THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

2 volumes.
New York: Hillary House, 1962. 8vo. blue cloth, slipcase. xviii,459,(5); x,538,(4) pages. 2 volumes. Reprint edition. Wear to slipcase. Spines are faded. READ MORE about BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES A STUDY OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PRODUCTION AND...

Price: $17.50  other currencies  Order nr. 115252