BOOK ARTS from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

British Museum, 1970 8vo (22 cm), 32 pp, 18 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear, bookseller's ticket and ownership signature in pencil verso of half-title). Over five hundred years ago Johann Gutenberg of Mainz invented printing and began to produce books using movable types. Victor Scholderer's account of the inventor of printing shows how the printed book did… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972 4to (28 cm), [6], 362 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj clipped, little frayed at extremities and stained, ownership signature on front fee end-paper). Edited by Nicolas Barker. "The history of lettering and its place in the history of the western world is the last of Stanley Morison's work's. Based on his 1957 Lyell lectures,… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Gerard Th. van Heusden, 1966 4to (28.5 cm), [4], X, 93, VIII plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little frayed at extremities and stained, blind collector's stamp on the front free end-paper). In 1947 the learned antiquarian bookseller Ernst Philip Goldschmidt was invited to America to lecture on 'The Spread of Renaissance by Means of the Book'. The… Read more about this item

Nardini Editore, 1997 4to (34 cm), 228 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). Beautifully printed and illustrated in color Italian edition of the Treasures of Italian libraries.

The British Library, 1992 4to (29.5 cm), VIII, 208 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities, spine faded). "In this superbly illustrated survey, Brian Ford unravels many strands in the development of scientific knowledge over the centuries, showing how the study of illustration provides a retrospective view of the conduct of research. The accuracy of illustrations… Read more about this item

‎Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1900 4to (32 cm), LXIV, 128 pp, 40 plates interleaved with leaves with titles. Red chagrin-backed marbled boards with corners. with 5 raised bands, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers, original wrappers bound in. A history of printing in France. Contents includ Ecriture artificielle avant Gutenberg; Gutenberg; Établissement de l'imprimerie en France. -… Read more about this item

Thames and Hudson, 1988 4to (31.5 cm), 199 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). "Gutenberg's invention of printing with movable type in the middle of the 15th century changed forever the form of the book. Though it was one of the great advances in human history, the process effectively brought to an end the production of the illuminated… Read more about this item

Ghedina & Tassotti Editori, 1990 4to (29.5 cm), 224 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps (minor shelf-wear). Contents include: I. Una famiglia della borghesia imprenditoriale veneta. Giovanni Antonio Remondini: la nascita della casa Remondini (1650-1725) Giuseppe Remondini: il consolidamento (1725-1742) Giambattista e Giuseppe Remondini: l'espansione (1742-1797). II. Le cartiere e le carte. Le cartiere Remondini Gli impianti e la manodopera Le… Read more about this item

Brussels: La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique, 2017 2 volumes 8vo (22.5 cm), 219 pp; 191 pp. Printed wrappers. Two issues, Artist's books and bibliophile editions in Belgium 1950-2015, Actes du colloque, vol. 1-2. Contents include Pierre-Jean Foulon "Le collection de livres d'artiste du Musée royal de Mariemont"; Jan Baetens "Livres d'artiste, livres pauvres"; Kristien Van der Brande… Read more about this item

Spring Books, 1975 4to (31.5 cm), 280 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities. Very well written history of the book from Alan G. Thomas (1911-1992), an English bookseller and bibliophile. Included chapters on manuscripts, incunabula, bindings, the Bible, herbals and color-plate books, books on architecture, private press books, fakes and forgeries and great book collectors.

Moscow: Kniga, 1962 4to (27 cm), 424 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed and stained). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.

Moscow: Kniga, 1971 4to (27 cm), 256 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed, corners scuffed). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.

Moscow: Kniga, 1975 4to (27 cm), 224 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed at extremities, bookplate). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.

Moscow: Kniga, 1966 4to (27 cm), 240 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed and stained, title creased). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.

Moscow: Kniga, 1961 4to (27 cm), 428 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed and stained). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.

Moscow: Kniga, 1965 4to (27 cm), 336 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed and stained, corners scuffed, paper slightly toned). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.

Moscow: Kniga, 1963 4to (27 cm), 496 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed and faded, end-papers toned, bookplate). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.

Moscow: Kniga, 1967 4to (27 cm), 260 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.

Moscow: Kniga, 1961 4to (27 cm), 344 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed and stained). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.

Moscow: Kniga, 1975 4to (27 cm), 256 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding little rubbed). In Russian with contents in English. For contents see scans.