Printing History from The Owl at the Bridge

"...the firt full-length historical study of an important and admirable figure: important because by studying him we understandsomething of the means by which the dissemination of a culture became possible (and against what opposition), admirable because Estienne was one of those men who had high ideals of artistry and craftsmanship as well as of his duty to literature and learning."… Read more about this item

First published 1821 [that edition may have been suppressed]. "E. Williams, Print. / New-London, Conn." on verso of title-page. "Advertisement To The Second Edition. [verso of title-page] The Authors of this book have all departed this life. ...We now submit to the public the entire work as it comes from the Authors... the modifying influences which have been… Read more about this item

"In preparing this work I had the use of the splendid library of Dr. Julius H. Greenstone, rich in examples of nearly every Hebrew press in the world and containing many incunabula and other rarities." Contents include The Pioneers (1475-1482); The Sons of Soncino; Gerson Soncino (1488...-1534); Daniel Bomberg (1515...-1549); Some Minor Presses; The Quarrel of Giustiniani and Bragadini… Read more about this item

"Catalogue of an exhibition held in the King's Library, British Library Reference Division, 9 August - 22 October 1978." "Published in the U.S.A. by The Sandstone Press, New York." 96 pages, portrait frontispiece; 24.5 cm. Decorative paper covers; Fine. Stock#ofc0874.

Cambridge Bibliographical Society Monograph No. 3. Contents: Changes in the distribution of printing centres, 1501-1520; The book trade; Printing patents, privileges and licences; General References; Chronological List of Places of Printing; Map of Places of Printing; Italian Printers, 1501-1520; Index of Printers. Softcover; xxxv, 177 pages, map, 11 illustrations; 25.5 cm. Blue wraps printed in red… Read more about this item

Bibliography: (I) Benjamin Franklin Printing, Spring, 1728-January 20, 1748; Benjamin Franklin and David Hall Partnership, January 21, 1748-January 20, 1766; (II) B. Franklin and Franklin and Hall Job Printing; (III) Items Removed from B. Franklin and Franklin and Hall Bibliography. Appendices: A. Specimens of Benjamin Franklin's Earliest Text Types; B. Illustrations of Decorative Ornamentation; C. Illustrations… Read more about this item

In French. Two volumes in one: Dictionnaire de géographie ancienne et moderne (dictionary of ancient & modern geography), viii, 1591 pages; Index alphabétique français des noms Latins (French alphabetical index of Latin names), pages 1468-1591; L'Imprimerie hors l'Europe (Printing outside Europe), [vi], 208 pages; index, pages 195-208; 22 cm. Single volume bound in green cloth stamped in gold;… Read more about this item

Contents: The Composition & Preservation of Aristotle's Rhetoric; The Greek & Latin Manuscripts of Aristotle's Rhetoric that Emerged during the Renaissance; The Fifteenth & Sixteenth Century Greek & Latin Printings of Aristotle's Rhetoric; Improvements in the Greek Text during the Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries; Perspectives on a New Translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric. ii, 222 pages, four indexes including… Read more about this item

Xerox copy: Title-page, copyright page, Contents, pages 10-47 including plates (versos blank); Good; untrimmed; in mylar envelope. Stock#ofc0720.

"First published 1942. New edition by permission of Yale University Press 1973." "To accompany the photographic reprint of the original Bibliography, 1942, this Supplement has been prepared so that both purchasers of the reprint and the present owners of the original edition may have record of the significant corrections and additions that have been identified or acquired… Read more about this item

"In his comprehensive study of types from the earliest times to the twentieth century, Mr. Updike, founder of the famous Merrymount Press of Boston, traces the sequence of development in typography and discusses the relative importance of each period and the lesson that it holds for the modern printer. The 367 illustrations reproduce carefully selected pages from rare and… Read more about this item

Offprint, pages 105-132, from Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 234 No. 2, August 1942. Stapled, in printed wraps; edges toned, very little wear; Very Good. Stock#ofc0581.

"Copyright, 1938, by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press. Second edition, revised and enlarged." Contents include The First Presses of the Colonies, Type and Type Founding of the Colonial Period, Printing Ink, The Paper of the Colonies, The Journeymen and Apprentices, General Conditions of the Trade, Bookbinding in Colonial America. xxiv, 368 pages, 24 plates, 6 drawings in the Appendix; Index,… Read more about this item

Foreword by Frederic G. Melcher. Contents include Records Before the Printing Press; Palaeography, Illuminating, and Calligraphy; Printing Types; Processes of Reproduction; Paper and Papermaking; Materials and Practice of Binding; The Author and the Manuscript; Book Trade; Bibliography; Libraries; Index. xii, 244 pages. index; 25.5 cm. Paper covers; edges worn, small chips, spine darkened; internally clean; Good. Stock#ofc0561.

series: The Printer's Valhalla. x, 141 pages, 40 illustrations, index; 23.5 cm. Red & yellow dust jacket torn & gouged, front flap detached but present; bookplate of Samuel J. Hough; Very Good. Stock#ofc0540.

Bookseller's catalog; 64 pages, 138 items, illus.; printed paper covers; some marking; Good. Stock#ofc0217.

"With a Preface by A. Hyatt Mayor." This copy given to me by Burt Franklin at the time of publication. ix, [2], 128 pages, 40 plates, illus., portraits; 28 cm. Stock#L497.

566 entries for books printed before 1801; the earliest is 1761. "...the most complete list of 18th-century Delaware publications yet completed. An historical introduction brings together for the first time what is known about printers and printing in the 'First State'..." Hard Cover. 214 pages, four facsimile plates, index; 25 cm. Stinehour Press printing; Fine in… Read more about this item