Paris: (Imprimerie Nationale), 1973. 4to. leather. (xiv), 295, (7) pages. Limited to 5000 numbered copies. Text in French. Preface by Julien Cain, honorary administrator of the French National Library. A collection of scholarly essays on the history of the state printer of France, focusing on book arts. Essays cover the origins of L'Imprimerie in the 15th century, its changing role under monarchical and republican governments, its responses to French global exploration, and its response to...
Hamburg: MaximilianGesellschaft, 1995, 1999. 4to. cloth, paper labels on spines and front boards. 337; 426 pages. 2 volumes. Printed in an edition of 1600 copies. Articles by Stephen Skalweit on the early modern period, Norbert H. Ott on the manuscript tradition and on print illustrations, Severin Corsten on the invention of printing, Martin Steinmann on the transfer of handwriting to type, Eva Hanebutt-Benz on bookbinding, Annaliese Schmitt on choices of book format for various literary...
