Johann Gutenberg : the inventor of printing
by Scholderer, Victor (1880-1971). Ridler, Vivian [printer]. British Museum. Trustees [publisher]. Oxford University Press [printer]
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- ISBN 10
- 0714102881
- ISBN 13
- 9780714102887
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About This Item
London : Published by the Trustees of the British Museum , 1970. Second Edition. Softcover. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of Denis Gibbs with his bookplate. Series; British Museum. Edition; Second edition, revised 1970. Physical description; 32 p., [12] p. of plates. : ill., facsims. (some col.) ; 22 cm. Notes; First published 1963. Includes half-title leaf. Bibliography: p. 31-32. Subjects; Gutenberg, Johann (1397?-1468). Printers Germany Biography. Printing History Origin and antecedents. Incunabula Germany Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Bibliography. Printing Germany History. Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Illustrated.
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- Title
- Johann Gutenberg : the inventor of printing
- Author
- Scholderer, Victor (1880-1971). Ridler, Vivian [printer]. British Museum. Trustees [publisher]. Oxford University Press [printer]
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0714102881
- ISBN 13
- 9780714102887
- Publisher
- London : Published by the Trustees of the British Museum
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
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- Wrappers
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- Tight
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- Incunabula
- Incunabula (incunable or incunabulum) refers to a book printed before 1501 - a pamphlet, a book or document that was not...