The Doctrina Breve
Author : Juan de Zumárraga
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 20,11 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Printing
ISBN :
The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
Author : Raoul Lefèvre
Publisher :
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 43,47 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Troy (Extinct city)
ISBN :
Book Description
Five Hundred Years of Printing
Author : Sigfrid Henry Steinberg
Publisher : Oak Knoll Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,80 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN :
Book Description
Five Hundred Years of Printing is essential reading for the book collector, the cultural historian, the professional publisher and book designer, and teachers and students of typography, graphic design and communications studies. It immediately became established as a standard work on its publication as a Pelican in 1955 and saw two new editions within twenty years.
A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts
Author : Mark Bland
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 25,97 MB
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1118653998
Book Description
A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts provides an introduction to the language and concepts employed in bibliographical studies and textual scholarship as they pertain to early modern manuscripts and printed texts Winner, Honourable Mention for Literature, Language and Linguistics, American Publishers Prose Awards, 2010 Based almost exclusively on new primary research Explains the complex process of viewing documents as artefacts, showing readers how to describe documents properly and how to read their physical properties Demonstrates how to use the information gleaned as a tool for studying the transmission of literary documents Makes clear why such matters are important and the purposes to which such information is put Features illustrations that are carefully chosen for their unfamiliarity in order to keep the discussion fresh
The Book - The Story of Printing & Bookmaking
Author : Douglas C. McMurtrie
Publisher : Horney Press
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 48,89 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1447445988
Book Description
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The Diamond Sutra
Author : Frances Wood
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,92 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 9780712350907
Book Description
Describes the book produced in AD 868 and found in 1907; describes the physical object and recent conservation work; places the sutra in the history of Chinese printing and paper making.
Typographic Firsts
Author : John Boardley
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,70 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781851244737
Book Description
From the practical challenges of polychromatic printing or printing music staves and notes to the techniques for illustrating books with woodcuts, producing books for children and the design of the first fonts, these stories chart the invention of the printed book, the world's first means of mass communication.
Doctrina Christiana. The First Book Printed in the Philippines, Manial, 1593
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 11,69 MB
Release : 1947
Category : Block books
ISBN :
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William Caxton, the First English Printer
Author : Charles Knight
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 36,99 MB
Release : 1877
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
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A General History of Printing
Author : Samuel Palmer
Publisher :
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 23,47 MB
Release : 1733
Category :
ISBN :
