Five Hundred Years of Printing
by STEINBERG, S. H.; TREVITT, John (ed.)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
The British Library & Oak Knoll Press, 1996. New edition, revised. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First published by Pelican in 1955. x, 262 p. 26 cm. B&w illustrations. Burgundy cloth hardcover in dustjacket.
Topics include: incunabula; Gutenberg; type design; the spread of printing; printing in the vernacular; early bestsellers; book illustration; official and private presses; the periodical press; libraries; censorship; the reading public; linotype and monotype; the Latin alphabet in script and print; booksellers; modern fine printing; CD-Rom and the internet. Select bibliography and index.
Topics include: incunabula; Gutenberg; type design; the spread of printing; printing in the vernacular; early bestsellers; book illustration; official and private presses; the periodical press; libraries; censorship; the reading public; linotype and monotype; the Latin alphabet in script and print; booksellers; modern fine printing; CD-Rom and the internet. Select bibliography and index.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121333
- Title
- Five Hundred Years of Printing
- Author
- STEINBERG, S. H.; TREVITT, John (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New edition, revised
- Publisher
- The British Library & Oak Knoll Press
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Printing, Gutenberg, Typography, Books on books,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Printing;
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