Ashby-De-La-Zouch; (Vols. XXII & XXIII) Ipswich: S.H. Cowell, 1855-1889. “The object of the Society is to delineate remains of Antiquity; e.g. ancient Ecclesiastical, Military, and Domestic Edifices, Sepulchral Monuments, Fonts, Brasses, Stained Glass, Tiles, Armour, Dress, Jewellry, Plate Embroidery, Furniture, Carvings, Illuminstions of ancient MSS, Copies of rare Prints, Portraits..... Read More about Anastatic Drawing Society, for the years 1855-57, and 1860. The Ilam Anastatic Drawing Society,...

Caen: de l’Imprimerie de Bonneserre, Rue Froide, 1822. Unrecorded Caen Imprint. Foundation document of the Sociéte Biblique Protestante de Caen, an auxiliary of the national Society in Paris, with constitution (17 articles), members of the administrative committee, and a priced catalogue of Bibles and New Testaments available.Unrecorded. Read More about Circulaire du Comité d’Adminstration de la Sociéte Biblique Protestante de Caen. Formation et...

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938. First Edition, one of 1800 copies, designed by Carl Purington Rollins an printed at the Printing-Office of the Yale University Press. Read More about A History of the Printed Book. Being the Third Number of the Dolphin

Lexington: The Anvil Press, 1978. First edition, number 214 of 450 copies. Important and abundantly illustrated study of the careers of Austrian-born artist and typographer Victor Hammer (1882-1968). Includes chapters on Hammer's mezzotints and wood engravings, discussions of Hammer's uncial typefaces by R. Hunter Middleton and Hermann Zapf; and Paul..... Read More about Victor Hammer Artist and Printer. [Edited by Carolyn R. Hammer

Leipzig; Wien: Johan Paul Krauss, 1768; 1769. First Edition. Includes notices of Berlin artists, graphic arts (engravers, early woodcuts & woodcut books), history of printing, and account of a journey through Lower Saxony, Westphalia & and Holland. Part Two, with striking images from early printed books such as the “Eagle..... Read More about Nachrichten von Künstlern und Kunst-Sache [and] … Zweyter Theil. Mit vielen Kupfern

Meriden: Meriden Gravure, 1978. First edition. This is the festschrift done for Harold Hugo after 54 years at Meriden Gravure by all his friends and satisfied customers. Read More about A Portfolio Honoring Harold Hugo for His Contribution to Scholarly Printing. In 35 separate...

New York: 1836. James Gordon Bennett Builds the New York Herald, 1836. James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872) a Scottish immigrant, worked in New York as a journalist and editor on several newspapers, and in May, 1835, established the New York Herald, a four-page daily newspaper which sold for a penny. Poverty..... Read More about Printed certificate, completed in ink, certifying the renting of 118 Fulton Street, New York...

Wymondham: Brewhouse Press, 1970. First edition, one of 250 copies printed. Finely printed history of the first commercially viable means of making facsimile reproductions of the printed page. Read More about Aspects of Victorian Lithography. Anastatic Printing and Photozincography

[Paris: 1762-1772]. From the Encylopédie, with superb plates and alphabets. An important selection of 33 printing-related plates from the Récueil de Planches, that extraordinary illustrated supplement to the magnificent Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The plates depict the typefounding process and the alphabets and characters of more than 40 languages..... Read More about Fonderie en Caracteres d'Imprimerie, Précédée de la Gravure des Poinçons, les deux Arts...

[Paris: 1762-1772]. An especially attractive selection of plates from the Récueil de Planches, that extraordinary illustrated supplement to the magnificent Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The plates depict every aspect of the art and craft of printing in the late 18th century; the explanatory text is concise yet fully detailed..... Read More about Imprimerie en Caracteres. Contenant dix-neuf Planches. [Extracted from: DIDEROT, Denis, &...

Paris: the author, 1825. Second edition. Second and best edition of this classic work on the Aldine press. Read More about Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde: ou histoire des trois Manuce et de leurs éditions