The ideal book : private presses in the Netherlands, 1910-2010 / edited by Paul van Capelleveen and Clemens de Wolf.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Capelleveen, Paul van.

Wolf, C. de.

Delft, Marieke T. G. E. van.

Faassen, S. A. J. van.

Kuitert, Lisa.

Oers, Ellen van.

Storm, Reinder.

Thomassen, K.

Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Netherlands)

Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum.

Conference Name:

Codex Book Fair and Symposium (3rd : 2011 : Berkeley, Calif.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private presses--Netherlands--History--20th century.

Private presses.

Private presses--Netherlands--History--21st century.

Printing--Netherlands--History--21st century.

Printing.

Printing--Netherlands--History--20th century.

Publishers and publishing--Netherlands--History--20th century.

Publishers and publishing.

Publishers and publishing--Netherlands--History--21st century.

Dutch imprints.

History.

Netherlands--Imprints.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

252 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

[Nijmegen] : Vantilt Publishers in association with Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Nationale Library of the Netherlands and Museum Meermanno/Huis van het boek, 2010.

Contents:

Preface / Maartje de Haan and Bas Savenije

Introduction: The identity of the private press / Paul van Capelleveen

The emergence of the private press / Clemens de Wolf and Paul van Capelleveen

The private press as an ideal / Paul van Capelleveen

Bibliophile series and clandestine publications: The bibliophile series between the wars / Sjoerd van Faassen

Fine books during the Second World War / Sjoerd van Faassen

Prominent books: H.N. Werkman, Sabbatsgesänge / Kees Thomassen

The private press as a hobby / Kees Thomassen and Clemens de Wolf

The private press in perspective: The collectors and the private press / Lisa Kuitert

Dutch literature and the private press / Reinder Storm

The finances of the private press / Paul van Capelleveen

The origin of the term 'private press' / Paul van Capelleveen

Dutch private presses before 1800 / Marieke van Delft

List of Dutch private presses / Ellen van Oers.

Notes:

"This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition Het ideale boek. Honderd jaar private presses in Nederland, 1910-2010 (The Ideal Book. Private Presses in the Netherlands, 1910-2010) organized by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek and Museum Meermanno and shown in Museum Meermanno, The Hague, The Netherlands, 20 November 2010-20 February 2011. The English edition was presented at the Third Biannual International Codex Bookfair & Symposium, "Borders and collaborations," February 6-9, 2011, in Berkeley, CA, USA"--Colophon.

Marieke van Delft, Sjoerd van Faassen, Lisa Kuitert, Ellen van Oers, Reinder Storm, Kees Thomassen and Clemens de Wolf.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index.

ISBN:

9460040624

9789460040627

OCLC:

694356018

Publisher Number:

99944238930