THE CROMBERGERS OF SEVILLE: The History of a Printing and Merchant Dynasty
by Griffin, Clive
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0198158319
- ISBN 13
- 9780198158318
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. ...the first-ever study of a major Spanish sixteenth-century printing house. Its account of the Cromberger press, from which came many influential works, literary, spiritual, and historical, provides important insights into contemporary culture and reading habits, and establishes the significance of the Crombergers in Renaissance culture and for the history of printing in Europe and the Americas." Tall octavo: x, 270 p. with 5 figures and 4 tables. The appendices on microfiches are housed in the rear pockets (as issued). Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light bumping to the tips, with some very mild edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76014
- Title
- THE CROMBERGERS OF SEVILLE: The History of a Printing and Merchant Dynasty
- Author
- Griffin, Clive
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198158319
- ISBN 13
- 9780198158318
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Books on Books, Printing History, Spain, Seville, Bibliography, Early Printed Books, Publishers
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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