[INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. The Permanence of Johann Gutenberg
by Goff, Frederick R
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- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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Lockhart, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Austin, TX: [Harry Ransom] Humanities Research Center, 1974. First Edition, Second Impression, limited to 250 copies. Near Fine. 8vo. 29 pp. Title-page printed in black and orange. Original burnt-orange colored boards, original clear protective wrapper. NOT ex-library! A very useful and very readable account of the evidence -- and lack thereof -- supporting the argument that Johann Gutenberg was effectively the first "modern" printer in the West. Goff writes with authority, having been compiler of the indispensable "Third Census" of Incunabula in American Libraries. It is instructive to recall that by the end of the 15th century, "printing had been introduced into no less than 238 European communities and more than 1100 individual printers are known to have been operating these equally numerous presses during this 39-year interval" (p. 21). ¶ Designed by William R. Holman, this is one of 250 copies according to the colophon.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3142
- Title
- [INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. The Permanence of Johann Gutenberg
- Author
- Goff, Frederick R
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Impression, limited to 250 copies
- Publisher
- [Harry Ransom] Humanities Research Center
- Place of Publication
- Austin, TX
- Date Published
- 1974
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Glossary
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Incunabula
- Incunabula (incunable or incunabulum) refers to a book printed before 1501 - a pamphlet, a book or document that was not...