Chicago: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1929. 4to. blind-stamped boards, heavy blue paper wrapper. 15 pages. Limited edition, designed by Douglas McMurtrie. Jacket spotted. READ MORE about LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE LATE NICOLAS JENSON
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 4359
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 Order nr. 50655
Hellerau: Demeter-Verlag, 1927. 8vo. parchment backed boards, paper cover label. 41, (5), 50 pages. First German edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. A study of sixteenth-century Italian printing. With 50 reproductions of pages from sixteenth-century Italian books. Covers age yellowed. Head of spine bumped. Bookplate. READ MORE about DIE BUCHDRUCKERKUNST ITALIENS IM SECHZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERT
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 63525
London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1926. small 4to. decorated boards, paper cover label. 50 pages. First edition. (Hart No.107; Appleton no.256). With 50 illustrations. Part of the Periods of Typography series edited by Stanley Morison. Lacks spine and dust jacket. READ MORE about ITALIAN SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 41983
Kopenhagen: Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri, 1908. 8vo. stiff paper wrapper bound in paper-covered boards. (viii), v-x, 37, 3 fold out plates, 1 plate, (iv), 65-90 pages. Several articles from two issues of this publication bound together. Articles include budget planning for the Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark, Copenhague in the year 1907, a summary of the work of the Académie over the past year, a study of the oldest printers in the..... READ MORE about OVERSIGT OVER DET KONGELIGE DANSKE VIDENSKABERNES SELSKABS FORHANDLINGER
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 76995
(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 Order nr. 127410
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 Order nr. 73946
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. Inscription on front cover reads, "with compliments from Irvine Masson." Tanned at the edges. Front corners creased. READ MORE about THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF A SMALL INCUNABLE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 77003
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 Order nr. 114600
Hamburg: Maximilian- Gesellschaft, (1979). small 4to. cloth. lxi, 289, (3) pages. First edition, one of 500 copies for Germany. The definitive bibliography of the press written by Mardersteig prior to his death. Signature misbound between pages 172 and 185. Lacking slipcase. READ MORE about DIE OFFICINA BODONI, DAS WERK EINER HANDPRESSE, 1923-1977
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 22939
London: George G. Harrop & Co., (1928). 4to. vellum-backed boards, top edge gilt. 222 pages. First English edition, one of 750 numbered copies printed for England. A beautifully produced book showing some of the highlights of Italian book production. Has 128 plates including a number in color. Dust jacket lightly soiled and chipped at edges. READ MORE about THE BOOK IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES SHOWN IN FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS...
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 11426
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 Order nr. 75448
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 spotting along edge of back cover. READ MORE about THE BOOK IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES SHOWN IN FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 126938
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 Order nr. 116071
Lecce: Stab. Tip. Giurdignano, 1912. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 26 pages. Text in Italian. Historical survey of the introduction of printing in Lecce, Italy. Extract from Revista Storica Salentina, Anno VII, n. 10-11. Front wrapper torn and detached from text. Tanning throughout. READ MORE about ANCORA: SULL'INTRODUZIONE DELLA STAMPA IN LECCE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 108359
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 Order nr. 105520
New Castle, Delaware, and Venice, Italy: Oak Knoll Press, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, and La Musa Talìa, 2009. 6.75 x 9.5 inches. paperback, dust jacket. 632 pages. The Books of Venice (Il libro veneziano) contains a series of essays (in English and Italian) exploring Venetian book history from the Quattrocento through current production, books printed "in the shadow of Aldus Manutius." Venice's books, like her art and architecture, have long been considered one of her greatest..... READ MORE about THE BOOKS OF VENICE (IL LIBRO VENEZIANO
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 100392
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 Order nr. 95757
6 Volumes,
Milano (Milan), Italy: Raffaello Bertieri, 1940. large 4to. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. 6 Volumes, Text in Italian. Union List 4, 3684. Issues: Year XXXXVII, No. 1, dated July 31, 1940; No. 2, dated August 31, 1940; No. 3, dated September 30, 1940; No. 4, dated October 31, 1940; No. 6, dated December 31, 1940; and No. 7, dated January 31, 1941. The graphic arts review edited by Raffaello Bertieri, director of the famous Scuola..... READ MORE about IL RISORGIMENTO GRAFICO, ANNO XXXVII
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 121560
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 Order nr. 104268
Offprint from Gutenberg-Jahrbuch
N.P. n.p., 1952. 8vo. paper wrappers. pp. 47-49. Offprint from Gutenberg-Jahrbuch. Brief description of the large number of first editions printed by Jacques le Rouge in the fifteenth-century. Inscription on front cover reads, "Curt F. Bühler, from the Author, 11/52." Light wear on covers. READ MORE about THE FIRST EDITIONS OF JACQUES LE ROUGE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 77042
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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 Order nr. 48458
Milano: Bertieri e Vanzetti, n.d. (but 1923). 4to. paper wrappers, later paper spine covering. 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. Tears along bottom edge of front cover. Small tears..... READ MORE about LE MARCHE TIPOGRAFICHE BOLOGNESE NEL SECOLO XVI
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 60111
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 Order nr. 99699
Milano: Stamperia Valdonega di Verona, 1967. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, slipcase. 37 pages. A reprint of a letter from Petrarch to Giovanni of Incisa commissioning him to search for books. Translated into English by Betty Radice. READ MORE about FRANCESCO PETRARCA, LETTERA A GIOVANNI ANCHISEO (LO INCARICA DI PROCURARGLI LIBRI
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 21130
