Manuel du Bibliophile Suisse. Essai sur la typographie, la littérature, la bibliophilie et l'art suisse dans l'illustration du livre du XVIe au XXe siècle. Suivi d'une bibliographie générale ... des ouvrages publiés ou illustrés, en Suisse et à l'étranger, de 1475 à 1914 par des écrivains et des artistes suisses. 2 parts in 1 vol.
by LONCHAMP, F(rédéric) C(harles)
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Paris and Lausanne, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1922. With 160 illus. on plates and in the text, some in color. 192 pp.; 440, XXXVIII pp. indices, 1 leaf. Small 4to. Somewhat later half brown morocco, orig. wrappers bound in. Paris and Lausanne, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1922. First edition of the indispensable Swiss bibliography, "Ouvrage couronné par l'Académie des Instructions et Belles-Lettres, Prix Brunet 1924". One of 350 copies on vélin of a total edition of 381. Part one offers a descriptive history of printing and book illustration in Switzerland; part two gives descriptions of 3376 books illustrated by Swiss artists, published in Switzerland or abroad from 1475 till 1914. One of 350 copies on vélin of a total edition of 381. - Fine. BIBLIOGRAPHY ; HELVETICA: ALLGEMEIN ; BIBLIOGRAPHIE, BUCHKUNDE, TYPOGRAPHIE ;
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- Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat
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- Title
- Manuel du Bibliophile Suisse. Essai sur la typographie, la littérature, la bibliophilie et l'art suisse dans l'illustration du livre du XVIe au XXe siècle. Suivi d'une bibliographie générale ... des ouvrages publiés ou illustrés, en Suisse et à l'étranger, de 1475 à 1914 par des écrivains et des artistes suisses. 2 parts in 1 vol.
- Author
- LONCHAMP, F(rédéric) C(harles)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Paris and Lausanne, Librairie des Bibliophiles
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- BIBLIOGRAPHY ; HELVETICA: ALLGEMEIN ; BIBLIOGRAPHIE, BUCHKUNDE, TYPOGRAPHIE ;
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