This bibliography from one of America's leading scholars offers wealth of new research on one of the 18th-century's prolific men of letters. Richard Hurd, a Bishop of the Anglican Church, was a consummate writer and editor of books. He was a close friend of King George III and was held in high esteem by Samual Johnson and other leading literati of his age.Oak Knoll Press; 354 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 75,00 Voor/Our Price € 14,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 80 %
This reprint of the only bibliography of The Village Press will be a helpful tool to the collector, printer, bookseller, and librarian alike. The entries are extremely detailed, providing information to pagination, page size, paper, type, design and decoration, binding, edition size a.o, with comments on the background to the production of each item. All photographs have been reproduced, as have many facsimiles of press-marks, monogram and specimen pages.Oak Knoll Press; 205 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 27,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
Leti is one of the 17th century authors whose enormous writings were very much in demand. Published in Italian, many were translated in the same year into French, some also into Dutch and German, a few into Latin and his biography of Queen Elizabeth also appeared in Russian. Krivatsy has compiled the first bibliography of the works of Gregorio Leti.Oak Knoll Press; 116 pp.; EN; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 29,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
Third Volume in the Print Network SeriesThese 13 scholarly essays on the history of the book trade, originally presented at the annual Seminars on the British Book Trade. Essays covered: The Country Book Trade; Niche Marketing in the 19th Century; William Ford, Manchester Bookseller a.o. Oak Knoll; 228 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 39,98 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 73 %
In this charming yet thoroughly modern emblem book, the animal subjects consider their own significance. Mark Leithauser's drawings depict the creatures revealed in the verses with analogous graphic wit. David R. Godine, 2004; 64 pp.; EN; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 19,90 Voor/Our Price € 6,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 65 %
Ten leading scholars focus on prominent printer-publishers and their contribution to printing history. Subjects covered include the works of John Nichols, John Foxe, John Wolfe, Shakespeare's Lives in Print, Interpreting Manuscript Evidence a.o. Oak Knoll Press, 2003; 208 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 39,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 75 %
Frank Hopkins set up operations of a press in the attic of his Red House in Jamaica, New York, in 1896 and named it after his daughter, Marion. He printed the first announcement of his press a few months after the death of William Morris. Oak Knoll Press, 1981; 270 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 13,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
This book provides an overview of the 90 finest and most interesting medieval French manuscripts that are currently in Dutch collections. Besides their superb artistic qualities, the painted images in these handwritten books provide a richly varied picture of medieval life. Richly illustrated.Waanders, 2004; 224 pp.; EN; index; ills. col; hbVan/List Price € 45,00 Voor/Our Price € 15,00Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
Dit boek verschijnt naar aanleiding van de 500ste verjaardag van Gerard Mercator. Dit bevat een volledige biografie van de man die als cartograaf, graveur, drukker en uitgever de cartografie van het begin van de moderne tijd grondig heeft vernieuwd. Het wordt verrijkt met een uitgave van Mercators postuum uitgegeven meesterwerk Atlas sive Cosmografica Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura, dat de wereld benadert vanuit geografisch, historisch en theologisch oogpunt.Mercatorfonds, 2011; 399 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w & col; hbhb € 69,95
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