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of documents in manuscript that range from 1420 to the settling of his estate in 1468. These, however, fail to give
conclusive support to his claim as the inventor of printing, although presenting, in the early records, an occasional
and vague reference to printing, paper, ink, a press, and "four pieces" which Theodore Low DeVinne, Dr. Otto W.
Fuhrmann and others have identified as the parts of a type-casting mould. The second factor consists of tributes to
Gutenberg by his contemporaries and their successors, which specifically name him as the inventor of printing in
statements which appeared in printed books issued during the years 1470-1499. Stillwell's work contains a
bibliography of 215 of the first printed documents described as "Books and Broadsides 1450-1470," along with
supplementary sections and notes on the Gutenberg documents. [Order No. 34594]
39. (Belgium) Cockx-Indestege, G. & E. BELGICA TYPOGRAPHICA 1541-1600. CATALOGUS
LIBRORUM IMPRESSORUM AB ANNO 1541 AD ANNUM 1600 IN REGIONIBUS QUAE
NUNC REGNI BELGARUM PARTES SUNT. 4 volumes. Nieuwkoop: HES & DE GRAAF, 1968,
28x22 cm, cloth. xxvi,612; xx,495; xvi,236; xiv,634 pages. ISBN 9789060040324. $1,850.00 $1,387.50
A short-title catalogue of altogether 9,755 Belgian editions 1541-1600 in the Royal Library, Brussels and in 93 other
Belgian libraries. Numerous cross references. Introductions trilingual (Dutch, French, English). The work is
enhanced with very extensive Indices (vol. IV). Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE
GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103255]
40. (Franklin, Ben) Green, James N. & Peter Stallybrass. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, WRITER AND
PRINTER. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press & Library Company of Philadelphia & The British
Library, 2006, 8.5 x 11 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 192 pages. ISBN 9781584561873. $49.95 $37.46
Benjamin Franklin, Writer and Printer begins by focusing on Franklin's career as a printer, from his apprenticeship to
his retirement in 1748, by which time he had created the largest printing business in colonial America. Much of
what we know about Franklin as a writer and printer comes from his autobiography, the focus of the last part of
this book. Left unfinished at his death in 1790, the autobiography was known to the world for nearly eighty years
only in translations, fragments, paraphrases, and, in English, from retranslations of a 1791 French translation. The
posthumous publishing histories of the autobiography and of The Way to Wealth illuminate the transformation of
Benjamin Franklin from a youthful printer into the most famous American writer of the eighteenth century.
Co-Published with the Library Company of Philadelphia and The British Library. [Order No. 90643]
41. Townley, Maureen. THE BEST AND FYNEST LAWERS AND OTHER RAIRE BOOKS.
Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Bibliographical Society in association with The National Library of
Scotland, 1990, 6 x 9.75 inches, stiff paper wrappers. 163 pages. ISBN 1872116051. $27.50 $20.63
First edition. The National Library of Scotland is the direct descendant of Edinburgh's historic Advocates' Library,
formally opened in 1689. This scholarly facsimile of the 1683 catalogue of the Advocates' Library sheds new light
on the early history of one of Scotland's most prestigious institutions and offers a sound basis for further research
into its collections. [Order No. 55500]
42. Krogt, P. van der, M. Hameleers, P. van den Brink. BIBLIOGRAFIE VAN DE GESCHIEDENIS
VAN DE KARTOGRAFIE VAN DE NEDERLANDEN/BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY
OF CARTOGRAPHY OF THE NETHERLANDS. Utrecht: HES & DE GRAAF, 1993, 6.25 x 9.5
inches, Paperback. 418 pages. ISBN 9789061941583. $55.00 $41.25
Compiled together for the first time, this bibliography includes all documents on cartography from the
Netherlands before the nineteenth century that were published after the middle of the nineteenth century. Written
in Dutch, this work includes three indexes and an English translation of the introduction. Sales rights: Available
outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103317]
43. Mateboer, J. BIBLIOGRAFIE VAN HET NEDERLANDSTALIG NARRATIEF FICTIONEEL
PROZA 1701-1800. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PROSE FICTION WRITTEN IN OR TRANS-
LATED INTO DUTCH (1701-1800). Nieuwkoop: HES & DE GRAAF, 1996, 8vo, cloth. xx, 576 pages.
ISBN 9789060044261. $190.00 $142.50
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