Book History from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

The British Library, 2004 8vo (25 cm), IX, 298 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. John Evelyn (1620-1706) has long been known as one of the best-loved of English diarists. But he was much else besides: gardener, environmentalist, connoisseur, bibliophile, intellectual in government service, influential lay Anglican -- in fact the quintessential virtuoso of seventeenth century England and a key… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, 1993 8vo (21.5 cm), XIV, 300 pp. Laminated wrappers (wrappers little rubbed at extremities). Although the importance of the advent of printing for Western civilisation has long been recognised, it was Professor Eisenstein, in her monumental, two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, who provided the first full-scale treatment of the subject. This illustrated… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 2010 8vo (21.5 cm), VII, 327 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little rubbed at extremities). This astonishing book "has contributed far more to English in the way of idiomatic or quasi-proverbial expressions than any other literary source." So wrote David Crystal in 2004. In Begat he returns to the subject not only to consider how… Read more about this item

The MIT Press, 2001 8vo (23.5 cm), VIII, 246 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf wear, blind collector's stamp on the half-title). "The discipline of architecture depends on the transmission in space and time of accumulated experiences, concepts, rules, and models. From the invention of the alphabet to the development of ASCII code for electronic communication, the process… Read more about this item

Brussels: La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique, 2016 8vo (22.5 cm), 115 pp. Printed wrappers. Contents include Jacques Hellemans "Livre, presse et imprimerie dans les Pays-Bas espagnols (1581-1713)"; René Plisnier "L'abbé Norbert-Louis Michot et sa bibliothèque. Une première approche"; Gilbert Stevens "Les éditions sur grands papier des ouvrages de J.-H. Rosny".

Brussels: La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique, 2013 8vo (22.5 cm), 139 pp. Printed wrappers. Contents include Stéphan Pascau "L'épopée du Balai (1761)"; R. Plisnier "Quelques bibliothèques de collectionneurs hainuyers au 19e siècle"; Hervé Renard "Le livre animé"; Pierre Istace "Deux dessins originaux de Félicien Rops pour Le Théâtre érotique de la rue de la Santé".

Brussels: La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique, 2014 8vo (22.5 cm), 163 pp. Printed wrappers. Contents include Giles Bancarel "L'Histoire des deux Indes de l'abbé Raynal, entre information et communication"; Delphine Schreuder "Le siège, le livre et l'image. Étude comparative de l'Obsidio Bredana d'Herman Hugo (1626) et du Rerum ad Sylvam-Ducis de Daniel Heinsius (1631)"; Carine Deprez, Bruno… Read more about this item

Ebury Press, 1992 4to (31 cm), 160 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (binding little rubbed ). A history of atlases, illustrated with over 300 color reproductions from the Cadbury Collection, Birmingham Central Library. Divided into 5 chapters (Classical and medieval tradition; The era of exploration; The domination of the Dutch; The age of empires; The modern age), each with… Read more about this item

Brussels: La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique, 2016 8vo (22.5 cm), 174 pp. Printed wrappers. Contents include Georges Forestié "Recherches sur les bois gravés et polytypés dans le dernier quart du XVIIIe siècle"; Stéphan Pascau "Qui a écrit Je suis pucelle"; Francis Sartorius "La publication de Misérables, une aventure éditorial peu banal".

Paris: Ernest Flammarion, 1923 5 volumes 12mo (18.5 cm), [8], VII, 328, [2] pp; [8], 398, [2] pp; [4], IV, 374 pp; [6], IV, 415 pp; VII, 544 pp. Cont. sheep-backed marbled boards, spines with raised bands gilt, painted top edges, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled end-papers (bindings lightly rubbed at extremities, corner little scuffed, paper toned). Very… Read more about this item

Brussels: La Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique, 2013 8vo (22.5 cm), 172 pp. Printed wrappers. Contents include Christina Ionescu "L'édition des Liaisons dangereuses publiée par la Black Sun Press : Une page dans l'histoire du livre franco-américain" and Pierre Mouriau de Meulenacker "Essai de bibliographie des différantes éditions d'Acajou et Zirphile de Charles Pinot Duclos".

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.