(INCUNABLES) - JONES (Howard). Printing the Classical Text. Amsterdam, 2004.
Estimation :
200 / 220 €
Description
In-8, 228 pp. toile de l’éditeur.
“The first classical text was printed at Mainz in 1465. By the end of 1500 more than 350 printers in over 70 locations had contribued to the printing of more than 1500 separate editions. Almost every Classical Latin author had been printed, many in multiple editions, and the printing of Greek authors was well under way, Printing the Classical text presents a comprehensive survey of this momentous period in the evolution of the Classical text”.
▬ On joint :
• ALLISON (A. F.) et V. F. GOLDSMITH. Titles of English books (and of foreign books printed in England). An alphabetical finding-list by title of books published under the author's name, pseudonym or initials. Folkestone, 1976-1977. 2 volumes grand in-8, (2) ff + 176 pp. et (2) ff + 318 pp. toile de l'éditeur. Volume I . 1475-1640. Volume II. 1641-1700.
• RICCI (Seymour de). A Census of Caxtons. Bibliographical Society, 1909. (Réimpression). In-8, XV pp. + (10) ff (fac-similés) + 196 pp. toile de l'éditeur. Bibliographie détaillée des publications du célèbre typographe anglais. On trouve successivement décrits les livres imprimés à Bruges, ceux imprimés à Westminster, les livres imprimés pour Caxton, ... et plusieurs index. Frontispice.
• POLLARD (Alfred W.). Catalogue of books mostly from the presses of the first printers showing the progress of printing with movable metal types through the second half of the fifteenth century. Collected by Rush C. Hawkins. Oxford University Press, 1910. (Réimpression, 1998). In-8, XXXV + 339 + 19 pp. toile de l’éditeur. Première réimpression d’un catalogue introuvable qui répertorie et décrit 540 incunables choisis pour être les témoins des recherches faites sur les débuts de l’imprimerie. « This important bibliography has always been somewhat difficult to find ». Frontispice.
“The first classical text was printed at Mainz in 1465. By the end of 1500 more than 350 printers in over 70 locations had contribued to the printing of more than 1500 separate editions. Almost every Classical Latin author had been printed, many in multiple editions, and the printing of Greek authors was well under way, Printing the Classical text presents a comprehensive survey of this momentous period in the evolution of the Classical text”.
▬ On joint :
• ALLISON (A. F.) et V. F. GOLDSMITH. Titles of English books (and of foreign books printed in England). An alphabetical finding-list by title of books published under the author's name, pseudonym or initials. Folkestone, 1976-1977. 2 volumes grand in-8, (2) ff + 176 pp. et (2) ff + 318 pp. toile de l'éditeur. Volume I . 1475-1640. Volume II. 1641-1700.
• RICCI (Seymour de). A Census of Caxtons. Bibliographical Society, 1909. (Réimpression). In-8, XV pp. + (10) ff (fac-similés) + 196 pp. toile de l'éditeur. Bibliographie détaillée des publications du célèbre typographe anglais. On trouve successivement décrits les livres imprimés à Bruges, ceux imprimés à Westminster, les livres imprimés pour Caxton, ... et plusieurs index. Frontispice.
• POLLARD (Alfred W.). Catalogue of books mostly from the presses of the first printers showing the progress of printing with movable metal types through the second half of the fifteenth century. Collected by Rush C. Hawkins. Oxford University Press, 1910. (Réimpression, 1998). In-8, XXXV + 339 + 19 pp. toile de l’éditeur. Première réimpression d’un catalogue introuvable qui répertorie et décrit 540 incunables choisis pour être les témoins des recherches faites sur les débuts de l’imprimerie. « This important bibliography has always been somewhat difficult to find ». Frontispice.
