(Italy).

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE BOOKS, 1478-1587, 100 EXAMPLES FROM THE HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY COLLECTIONS, AN EXHIBITION IN HONOR OF THE 1988 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ITALIAN STUDIES AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY.

Provo, UT: Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xv, 104 pages. Illustrated. A fine copy.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ITALIAN RENAISSANCE BOOKS, 1478-1587, 100 EXAMPLES FROM THE HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY COLLECTIONS, AN...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 35403

Johnson, A.F.

DIE BUCHDRUCKERKUNST ITALIENS IM SECHZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERT.

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

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 50655

Manzoni, Giacomo.

ANNALI TIPOGRAFICI DEL SECOLO XV.

(Torino (Turin), Italy): n.p., (1863). 8vo. modern plain paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (iv), 241-357, (35) pages. Besterman 5151. Preface. An excerpt from Tomo IV of Miscellanea di Storia Italiana. Detailed bibliographic entries on works published in Turin in the 15th century. With eight illustrations of printers' watermarks, with descriptive text. Unopened. Very light foxing near end of text. READ MORE about ANNALI TIPOGRAFICI DEL SECOLO XV

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127410

Mardersteig, Martino (editor).

LA QUALITA NELLA PRODUZIONE DEL LIBRO.

Premio Internazionale Felice Feliciano, Atti del Simposio 1989
Verona: Valdonega, (1990). 4to. stiff paper. (viii), 13-139 pages. Premio Internazionale Felice Feliciano, Atti del Simposio 1989. Papers by Hermann Zapf (calligraphy to computer type), Ernesto Musumeci (quality of color reproduction in large editions), Libero Casagrande (books and new word processing technologies), Alberto Vigevani (quality in editions), and Carolyn Morrow (durability of materials and methods). In memoriam Felice Feliciano. English translations provided for all the papers. READ MORE about LA QUALITA NELLA PRODUZIONE DEL LIBRO

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 73946

Masson, Irvine.

THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF A SMALL INCUNABLE.

An offprint from The Biblographical Society.
N.P. n.p., 1936. smal 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 36-61, (2) pages. An offprint from The Biblographical Society. Reprinted by Oxford University in June 1936. A comprehensive survey of Andreas Brentius's reprint of Caesar's address to his men (circa 1481) giving information about the author, printer and layout of the book. Four black-and-white illustrations and diagrams.Presentation on front cover reads, "To the John Rylands's librarian with thanks, Irvine Masson." Tanned at the edges. Chipped around..... READ MORE about THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF A SMALL INCUNABLE

Price: $27.50  other currencies  Order nr. 114600

Orcutt, William Dana.

THE BOOK IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES SHOWN IN FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS FROM THE MOST FAMOUS VOLUMES.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label, top edge gilt. 222 pages. First edition, limited to 750 copies. With three mounted color plates and 125 facsimile plates. Covers soiled with some rubbing and age darkening. Book description pasted in as well as a newspaper account of the Grolier Club's trip to Italy. READ MORE about THE BOOK IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES SHOWN IN FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS...

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 75448

Pescasio, Luigi.

L' ARTE DELLA STAMPA A MANTOVE NEI SECOLI XV-XVI-XVII.

Mantova: Editoriale Padus, (1971). 4to. cloth. 321, (3) pages. Text in Italian. A history of the art of printing in Mantova, Italy, from the 15th through the 17th centuries. Preface by the author. Organized by century with biographies and bibliographies of significant printers. Indices of names, places, and illustrations. Table of contents. Black and white illustrations. Boards lightly faded. READ MORE about L' ARTE DELLA STAMPA A MANTOVE NEI SECOLI XV-XVI-XVII

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 116071

Pettas, William A.

THE GIUNTI OF FLORENCE: A RENAISSANCE PRINTING AND PUBLISHING FAMILY.

A History of the Florentine Firm and a Catalogue of the Editions
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 1096 pages. A History of the Florentine Firm and a Catalogue of the Editions. This ambitious project explores in detail the history and output of the Giunti Press in Florence, covering the firm from its beginnings in 1497 to its end in 1625, and providing descriptions of each Giunti book published with extensive indication of the libraries holding copies of each edition. In..... READ MORE about THE GIUNTI OF FLORENCE: A RENAISSANCE PRINTING AND PUBLISHING FAMILY

Price: $195.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105520

IL RISORGIMENTO GRAFICO, ANNO XXIII, NUMERO 3.

Rivista Mensile d'Arte del Libro, Anno XXIII. Bertieri, Raffaello (editor)
Milano: Raffaello Bertieri, 1926. large 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (i), 104-147, (3) pages followed by four plates. Rivista Mensile d'Arte del Libro, Anno XXIII. Bertieri, Raffaello (editor). Issue No. 3, dated March 31, 1926, of the graphic arts review edited by Raffaello Bertieri, director of the famous Scuola del Libro located in Milan. Trade ads with illustrations for inks, presses, photographic equipment, etc. comprise the first section. Contains the articles "La Giunta d'Arte per I...... READ MORE about IL RISORGIMENTO GRAFICO, ANNO XXIII, NUMERO 3

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 95757

Riva, Franco.

IL LIBRO ITALIANO SAGGIO STORICO TECNICO 1800-1965.

Milano: Vanni Scheiwiller, (1966). 4to. paper covered boards, dust wrapper, cardboard slipcase. (v), 80, 17+(1) pages with 139 plates. Text in Italian. Nineteenth and twentieth century printing history in Italy. With 133 illustrations and an index. Spine of dust wrapper slightly sunned, minor wrinkling and a small open tear to the bottom front corner of the dust wrapper. READ MORE about IL LIBRO ITALIANO SAGGIO STORICO TECNICO 1800-1965

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104268

Scholderer, Victor.

VOM ITALIENISCHEN FRUHDRUCK [CONCERNING EARLY PRINTING IN ITALY].

Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1932. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, publisher's description loosely inserted. 28, (2) pages. Scholderer, librarian for early printed books at the British Museum, discusses incunabula in Italy, what was printed and where, and points out some contrasts with German production of the time. An address given at the General Meeting of the Gutenberg Society on 6/26/32. Inserted is a page from an unidentified bookseller's catalogue offering an Italian incunable. Set in Stempel-Memphis. In terms..... READ MORE about VOM ITALIENISCHEN FRUHDRUCK [CONCERNING EARLY PRINTING IN ITALY

Price: $17.50  other currencies  Order nr. 48458

Sorbelli, Albano.

LE MARCHE TIPOGRAFICHE BOLOGNESE NEL SECOLO XVI.

Milano: Bertieri e Vanzetti, n.d. (but 1923). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 56, (4) pages. First edition. A collection of sixteenth-century Bolognese printers' marks illustrated and described. Included among these are the marks of Caligola Bazalieri, Aldo Manuzio, G.B. Bellagamba and various other minor or anonymous printers. Sorbelli provides an introduction as well as commentary on each mark illustrated. Printed in red and black. Unopened copy. READ MORE about LE MARCHE TIPOGRAFICHE BOLOGNESE NEL SECOLO XVI

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 99699

Sutermeister, Guido.

GLI EDITOR "DA LEGNANO" 1470-1525.

Legnano: Societá Arte e Storia, 1946. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, loosely inserted in pamphlet folder. 55 pages. From the reference library of H.P. Kraus with bookplate on inside front cover. Small tears along edges. READ MORE about GLI EDITOR "DA LEGNANO" 1470-1525

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104303