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Histoire de l'Origine et des Premiers Progrès de l'Imprimerie
by (History of Printing) [Marchand, Prosper]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary French mottled calf, gilt spine, marbled endpapers. Upper joint starting at bottom, and apart from some minor tonin
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La Haye: La Veuve Le Vier et Pierre Paupie, 1740. First edition. Engraved allegorical frontispiece by Schley. 2 parts in one volumes. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary French mottled calf, gilt spine, marbled endpapers. Upper joint starting at bottom, and apart from some minor toning, this is a lovely, unsophisticated copy in contemporary dress. First edition. Engraved allegorical frontispiece by Schley. 2 parts in one volumes. 1 vols. 4to. Printed by Prosper Marchand, a Huguenot publisher and journalist who fled France in 1709, the work appeared at the 300th anniversary of the invention of printing. Marchand writes that he produced the book "a la sollicitation de quelques amis qui ont cru que le troisième jubile ou la troisième année séculaire, de l'imprimerie, reveilleroit infailliblement la curiosité du publique touchant l'origine de ce bel art [at the request of some friends who believed that the third jubilee, or the tercentenary of printing, would infallibly wake the public curiosity concerning the origin of this beautiful art]." The allegorical frontspiece by J.V. Schley show Minerva and Mercury, descending from Heaven, granting the gift of printing to Germany who in turn gives it to England, Holland, France, and Italy. Bigmore & Wyman II, p. 22
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36937
- Title
- Histoire de l'Origine et des Premiers Progrès de l'Imprimerie
- Author
- (History of Printing) [Marchand, Prosper]
- Format/Binding
- Engraved allegorical frontispiece by Schley. 2 parts in one volumes. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary French mottled calf, gilt spine, marbled endpapers. Upper joint starting at bottom, and apart from some minor tonin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- La Veuve Le Vier et Pierre Paupie
- Place of Publication
- La Haye
- Date Published
- 1740
- Keywords
- History of Printing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art, Architecture & Design;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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