The book :
its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time /
by Henri Bouchot ; with a treatise on the art of collecting and describing early printed books, and a Latin-English and English-Latin topographical index of the earliest printing places ; edited by H. Grevel ; containing one hundred and seventy-two fac-similes of early typography, book-illustrations, printer' marks, bindings, numerous borders, initials, head and tail pieces, and a frontispiece.

Description

Main Author

Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906.

Related Names

Einsle, Anton, 1848-1897.
Grevel, H., ed.
Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899, tr.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : H. Grevel & Co., 1890.

Subjects

Cataloging > Cataloging / Incunabula.
Bookbinding > Bookbinding / History.
Printing > Printing / History.
Books.

Note

Includes index.
First English translation by E.C. Bigmore, 1887, has title: The printed book; its history, illustration and adornment.

Physical Description

xv, 383 p. : ill., facsims, ports ; 27 cm.

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