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The book : the story of printing & bookmaking / by Douglas C. McMurtrie.
LIBRA Vilain-Wieck Collection Reference 66
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McMurtrie, Douglas C. (Douglas Crawford), 1888-1944, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books.
- Printing--History.
- Printing.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxx, [2], 676 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dorset Press, 1989.
- Contents:
- Primitive human records
- The origin of the alphabet
- The alphabet in western Europe
- Paper and its origins
- Handwritten books
- Printing in the Far East
- Early European woodcuts
- The block books
- The stage setting for typography
- Johann Gutenberg's invetion
- The case of rival claimants
- The dissemination of printing
- The master printers of Venice
- The first printing in English
- The production of the incunabula
- Woodcut book illustration
- Engraved book illustration
- Early book decoration
- Some special problems
- Printer's marks
- The study of incunabula
- Typography's golden age
- Italian book illustration
- The indomitable Plantin
- The vogue of engraving
- Baskerville and his disciples
- The press in the New World
- Printing on Massachusetts Bay
- Typographer, philosopher, statesman
- Printer and historian
- The spread of printing in America
- The revival of craftsmanship
- The private presses
- Contemporary fine printing
- Modern typography
- Modern book illustration
- Processes of bookmaking
- The art of bookbinding
- The printing of illustrations
- The title page
- Concerning type design
- The printer's ideals.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published: 3rd revised edition. New York : Oxford University Press, 1943.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 603-646) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has card laid in: to Roger from Jose A. Villarrubia. Dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0880293489
- 9780880293488
- OCLC:
- 22092762
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