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The First Press at Barcelona. [Offprint from 'Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1962.']

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[Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1962.]. 4to, 136-149pp., 1 plate, orig. printed wrappers. Title in red ink on upper cover in Nixon's hand. Provenance: From the library of Howard M. Nixon (1909-1983), British librarian and bookbinding historian.
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Jacques Moerart, Publisher, Not Printer. [Offprint from 'Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, 1958.']

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[Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1958. 4to, 99-104pp., orig. printed wrappers. Presentation inscription, title in red ink on upper cover in Nixon's hand. Provenance: From the library of Howard M. Nixon (1909-1983), British librarian and bookbinding historian.
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De tesseris Hospitalitatis Liber singualris, In quo hospitii universum, apud veteres potissimum, expenditur. Amstelodami, Sumptibus Andreæ Frissi 1670. 12mo, engraved frontispiece by F. Bloteling, engraved vignette on title, 9 engraved plates (2 folding) illustrations in the text, index at end, [12], 227, [25] pp. [Bound with:-] TOMASININ (Jac Philippi) Episcopi Æmoniensis Titvs Livivs Patvinvs
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Amstelodami, Sumptibus Andreæ Frissi., 1670. engraved vignette on title, 2 folding plates, index at end,125, [17]pp. Two works in one, 12mo, bookplate of Revd., Geo., Innes, College, Warwick. contemporary calf, upper cover detached, lower joint a little wormed, gilt title and date on spine.
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Antoine Vérard. Illustrated Monographs No. VII.

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Printed for The Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press. 1900. First Edition, 4to, xxxii,143,[1]pp., frontis., title printed in red and black, 79 facsimile woodcuts, orig. printed wrappers with closed tear to upper wrapper, unopened, uncut. Vérard was one of the earliest publishers to popularise the illustrated book.
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Antoine Vérard. Illustrated Monographs No. VII.

Antoine Vérard. Illustrated Monographs No. VII.

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London: Printed for The Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press. 1900. First Edition, 4to, xxxii,143,[1]pp., frontis., title printed in red and black, 79 facsimile woodcuts, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, a very good copy. Vérard was one of the earliest publishers to popularise the illustrated book. Provenance: from the library of Dr Elizabeth Armstrong with her signature to… Read more about this item
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Post-Incunabula and their Publishers in the Low Countries. A selection based on Wouter Nijhoff's 'L'Art typgraphique' published in commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Martinus Nijhoff on January 1, 1978

by VERVLIET (Hendrik D.L.) Editor

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Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague. 1978. 4to, xiv,205pp., text in Dutch and English, illustrs., orig. cloth, gilt. From the library of Pierre Berès.
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The Printed Book of the Renaissance. Three Lectures on Type, Illustration, Ornament

by GOLDSCHMIDT (E.P.)

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Cambridge University Press. 1950. First Edition, 4to, one of 750 copies, ex-library, 8 plates (7 double-page), 32 facsimiles, orig. cloth, spine faded, uncut. An important work.
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Oude Drukken uit de Nederlanden. Boeken uit de Collectie Arenberg thans in de Verzameling Lessing J. Rosenwald

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Martinus Nijhoff, Den Haag. 1960. viii,137pp., faint library stamp on verso of title page, orig. printed wrappers.
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Festschrift Otto Schäfer. Zum 75. Geburtstag am 29. Juni 1987.

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Stuttgart: Dr. Ernst Hauswedell & Co., 1987. First edition, 4to, frontis., numerous illustrs., orig. cloth, gilt. Provenance: Pencil signature of H. A. Feisenberger to front endpaper.
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An Index of German Books 1501-1520 in the British Museum.

by PROCTOR (Robert)

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The Holland Press. (Reprint of 1903 Edition) 1966. 4to, 273pp., orig. cloth, d.w. torn. This work deals with well over 2,000 books, listed under 52 German towns; no detail has been spared in the description of type-faces, borders, devices, initials and other characteristics of the printers and publishers concerned. This was the last part the author… Read more about this item
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Catalogue of a Collection of Early German Books in the Library of C. Fairfax Murray.

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(Reprint of the 1918 Edition) 1999. 2 Vols., in one, numerous illustrs., orig. cloth.
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John Siberch, Johann Lair von Siegburg.

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Cambridge Bibliographical Society. 1970. 4to, xii,73pp., frontis., 12 illustrs., orig. printed wrappers. Cambridge Bibliographical Society Monograph No. 6.
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Der Wiener Holzschnitt in den Jahren von 1490 bis 1550. Seine Bedeutung fur die Nordische Kunst Seine Entwicklung, seine Blute und Seine Meister. Zusammengestellt und Beschrieben von Hedwig Gollob

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J.N. Veray, Wien. 1926. 4to, E.P. Goldschmidt's copy, frontis., numerous illustrs., orig. pictorial boards, a bit worn and faded at extremities, upper hinge split otherwise good.
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Short Title Catalogue of French Books 1601-1700 in the Library of the British Museum by V.F. Goldsmith

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Dawsons. 1969. 4to, x,690pp., ex-library, orig. cloth.
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Early Printed Books to the End of the Sixteenth Century. A Bibliography of Bibliographies

by BESTERMAN (Theodore)

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Rowman and Littlefield, New York. 1969. Second Edition, revised and enlarged, orig. cloth.
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