Incunabula Typographica;: A descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century (1460-1500) in the library of Henry Walters
by Henry Walters
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About This Item
Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1906. Very Good. Very Good A descriptive catalogue with many illustrations of books printed in the Fifteenth century (1460 - 1500) in the library of Henry Walters Beautifully printed and bound catalog of an important collection of fifteenth century books Full calf (in imitation 15th century binding) Approximately 1,100 entries Full calf imitation medieval binding, with raised bands, title stamped in gilt, with top edge gilt Color frontispiece, and illustrated with reproductions of woodcuts The books include works in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, Italian, German, Dutch and Spanish from 300 presses Color frontispiece, many illustrations in the text (4to) original full brown calf leather in an antique style First Edition Very good condition, cover very slightly rubbed Beautifully printed and bound catalog of an important collection of fifteenth century books Format 75 x 10 x 18 inches, weight 32 pounds Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within US, not slow media mail.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Books Honolulu (US)
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- Title
- Incunabula Typographica;: A descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century (1460-1500) in the library of Henry Walters
- Author
- Henry Walters
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- 1906
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books about Books; Fine Binding;
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...