Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. 8vo. cloth. 225 pages. Translated from the French by Harry Miller Lydenberg. First edition in English. (Appleton p.15). An important book. READ MORE about THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING

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Munich: Fritz Hanfstaengl, 1922. 8vo. half parchment, title gilt-stamped on spine and front board. (iv), 363, (5) pages. Text in German. A history of illustration in Germany, with 410 black and white illustrations. Frontispiece, illustration of Hans Baldung Grien, Hexensabbat, Table of contents. Foreword. Covers illustration from incunabula to the early 20th century. Particular attention to the work of Albrecht Dürer. Listing of illustrations and author's names. Boards and spine soiled. Back board scuffed. Light..... READ MORE about DIE DEUTSCHE GRAPHIK

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N.P. Chapin Library, 1995. 8vo. quarter cloth with marbled paper covered boards and with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. 45, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Foreword by Robert L. Volz. Illustrated, including two in color. In later binding. READ MORE about FINISHED BY HAND, DECORATION IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY PRINTED BOOKS

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Paris: Gazette des Beaux-Arts. 1886. 4to. original stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. Text in French. A study of late 15th century book illustration by Venetian printers. Black and white illustrations. Index of cited works. Unopened. Wrappers soiled and tanned. Spine and edges of wrappers chipped. READ MORE about A PROPOS D'UN LIVRE A FIGURES VÉNITIEN DE LA FIN DU XVE SIÈCLE: ESSAI BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE

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Paris: Le Courier Graphique, (1947). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 42, (6), i-xxxii pages. First edition. Volume one (of four) in Mornand's study of book illustrations. This volume looks at the 15th-18th centuries. Number four in the "Courrier Graphique" collection. With 35 black-and-white illustrations. Pages unopened. READ MORE about L' ART DU LIVRE ET SON ILLUSTRATION

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Leipzig: E. Diederichs, 1901. 4to. cloth-backed boards. 135+(1) pages. A history of scholarship, learning, and libraries in Germany from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth century. Illustrated with 130 plates most of which are drawn from fifteenth and sixteenth century book illustrations and depict scholars and books. Published as volume 9 of the MONOGRAPHIEN ZUR DEUTSCHEN KULTURGESCHICHTE. Covers rubbed. Edges of endpaper chipped away and endpaper detached. READ MORE about LEHRER UND UNTERRICHTSWESEN IN DER DEUTSCHEN VERGANGENHEIT

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Los Angeles: University of California, 1988. 8vo. stiff wrappers. 127 +(1) pages and 25 plates. First edition. Examples of late medieval or renaissance artists at work in a collection of early printed books. The authors suggest that it was the cartolai or paper dealers, who, in the first twenty-five or so years of Italian printing, were instrumental in the hand-finishing and decoration of printed books. With color frontis and twenty-five black-and-white plates following text. READ MORE about CARTOLAI, ILLUMINATORS, AND PRINTERS IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ITALY: THE EVIDENCE OF THE RIPOLI PRESS

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N.P. Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1995. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 66-82. Offprint from the Yearbook. Nineteen illustrations in the text. READ MORE about VENETIAN XYLOGRAPHIC AT THE JOHN RYLANDS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND

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Nürnberg: n.p., 1877. 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards with stiff paper wrapper bound in. vii, 214+(1) plus 11 leaves of illustration. Catalogues objects relating to a variety of topics connected to the book arts in Bavarian collections. Chapters on prominent publishers, seventeenth century book decoration, woodcuts, metalcutting, lithography, photography and different types of presses and printing technology. All chapters divided in two sections: a general overview followed by a bibliography usually arranged chronologically, sometimes..... READ MORE about AUSSTELLUNG VON ARBEITEN DER VERVIELFÄLTIGENDEN KÜNSTE IM BAYRISCHEN GEWERBEMUSEUM

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Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1966. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, 221+(1) pages. Exhibition catalogue for 215 prints of engravings from and often by 102 artists, from the 15th cent. to Expressionism. Numbered entries indicate artist, engraver, medium, owner, references, etc. as appropriate. In addition, major artists have biographical sketches in unnumbered entries. With appendices of entries for an additional 12 items (not reproduced) and a brief description of engraving methods used. Moderate soiling. Backing creased..... READ MORE about LES PLUS BELLES GRAVURES DU MONDE OCCIDENTAL, 1410-1914

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Hamburg: Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat, 1996. large 4to. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 227+(1) pages. Catalogue No.4 from the bookseller, specialising in medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts and miniatures, incunabula and early printed works. Beautifully produced with vivid detail by Manfred von Arnim. Contains 60 entries, depicted for the most part with full-page illustrations in rich color. In-depth descriptions; brief English summary provided. Bibliographies noted. Indices included. Price list for works inserted. READ MORE about SECHZIG RARA, (1466-1557

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K.K. Hofbibliothek
Wien: Hofbibliothek, 1916. 12mo. paper-covered boards. (v), viii, (iii), 100 pages. K.K. Hofbibliothek. The spine is missing from this copy. The front paper is stained and the back paper is peeling from the board. On the other hand, the binding is secure and the interior shows minimal wear or soiling. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H. P. Kraus. READ MORE about KATALOG DER BUCHKUNST-AUSSTELLUNG

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