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
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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,...
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Cambridge: printed for W. Thurlbourn, over-against the Senate-House, 1735. First edition. "Against the popular notion at the time that William Caxton had been preceded by a printer at Oxford, Middleton published A Dissertation Concerning the Origin of Printing in England (1734–5), which argued vigorously that Caxton had introduced the printing... Read More about A Dissertation Concerning the Origin of Printing in England. Shewing, that it was first...
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London: Constable & Co, 1930. First Edition, limited to 500 copies. Third volume in the influential series, Bibliographia Studies in Book History and Book Structure 1750-1900, edited by Michael Sadleir. Read More about Cancels
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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...
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London: The Imprint, [1913]. First edition. This reprint of an extract from the Bibliographical Decameron appeard a few pages at a time as a separately paginated supplement to the typographical periodical "The Imprint," a title page being include in the first number. The work was left unfinished when The Imprint... Read More about Printers Devices. Being a Partial reprint of the Fifth and Sixth Days Delectable Discourses...
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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
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Ditchling, Sussex: Printed and Published at S. Dominic's Press, 1921. Read More about Songs without Clothes. Being a Dissertation on the Song of Solomon and Such-like Songs ......
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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
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Boston: Printed for West & Greenleaf … by Manning & Loring, Sept. 1803. First edition. Inscribed by Isaiah Thomas. Inscribed by the publisher, historian of American printing, and co-founder of the American Antiquarian Society, Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831) on title-page of final volume: “Presented by I. Thomas, Esq.to E.J. Knox, May 21st..... Read More about The Minor Encyclopedia, being a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature. In four volumes
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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
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La Haye: La Veuve Le Vier et Pierre Paupie, 1740. First edition. Printed by Prosper Marchand, a Huguenot publisher and journalist who fled France in 1709, the work appeared at the 300th anniversary of the invention of printing. Marchand writes that he produced the book “a la sollicitation de quelques... Read More about Histoire de l'Origine et des Premiers Progrès de l'Imprimerie
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La Haye: La Veuve Le Vier et Pierre Paupie, 1740. First edition. Printed by Prosper Marchand, a Huguenot publisher and journalist who fled France in 1709, the work appeared at the 300th anniversary of the invention of printing. Marchand writes that he produced the book “a la sollicitation de quelques... Read More about Histoire de l'Origine et des Premiers Progrès de l'Imprimerie
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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...
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Upper Denby, [Huddersfield]: Fleece Press, 2018. One of 255 copies. Just Published. “It seems, as with Doubleday, that Doran’s salesmanship got in the way of truly understanding that Lawrence did not want to sell any copies.” Monograph on the George H. Doran edition of T.E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars, produced in an..... Read More about A Shy Bird. The U.S. Copyright Edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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Ballston-Spa: Printed by U.F. Doubleday, 1818. Early Doubleday Imprint, Bound by the French Bindery. With an inserted note from one C.A. Montgomery, 1900, conveying the book “found on a book-stall on Ann Street”, to Frank N. Doubleday. The publisher is Ulysses Freeman Doubleday (1792-1866), publisher, newspaperman, U.S. Representative and bookseller..... Read More about An Apology for the Book of Psalms, in Five Letters; addressed to the Friends of Union in the...
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Mayence: l'Imprimerie de la Mairie, par J. Wirth, le 9 Fructidor 12 [1804]. Napoleon Comes to Mainz. In 1797, Napoleon's armies re-conquered Mainz (Mayence), and declared it the capital of the newly created Department of Mont-Tonnerre (the French rule ended in 1814, after the defeat of Napoleon). Here the mayor... Read More about Printed Broadside, announcing the imminent visit of the Emperor Napoleon
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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...
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Londres: Et se trouve a Paris chez D. C. Couturier père, Imprimeur-Libraire, aux Galeries du Louvre, 1775. First edition in French. Read More about Dissertation sur l'origine de l'imprimerie en Angleterre, traduit de l'anglais du Docteur...
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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
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[Paris: 1762-1772]. Exotic Typography in the Encyclopédie. An elegant and visually appealing selection of plates from the Récueil de Planches, that extraordinary illustrated supplement to the magnificent Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The plates depict alphabets and characters of more than 40 languages, from Assyrian and Hebrew to Chinese, Tibetan..... Read More about Caracteres et Alphabets de langues mortes et vivantes, Contenant vingt-cinq Planches. [Extracted...
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[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...
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[Paris: 1762-1772]. Beautiful 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. Printing and..... Read More about Imprimérie en Caractères. Contenant dix-neuf Planches. [Extracted from: DIDEROT, Denis, &...
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[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, &...
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London, Beaufort House, Strand: Published by Edward Dixon Pouchée, at the Office of "The English Gentleman". Whiting & Branston, Engravers and Printers to His Majesty for the Prevention of Forgery, 1825. Printers to His Majesty for Prevention of Forgery. The elaborate covers provide a fine demonstration of mid-1820s printing by..... Read More about The Protestant Song. "Thanks Royal York ..."
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London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1923. First edition. Heinemann Authors. This is a anthology of authors who had been published by William Heinemann over 30 years. They include Galsworthy, Gosse, Sassoon, Masefield, Baring, Beerbohm, Swinburne, Hearn, Sackville-West, Zangwill, Crane, Symons, Morley, Maugham, Jack London and others. Many of the pieces in... Read More about The Windmill: Stories, Essays, Poems & Pictures by Authors & Artists whose Works are...
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