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Luther's compilation is an exhaustive new bibliography on the literature of astronomy. It records over 4000
authors and 15,000 titles, with an additional 3,000 new cross-references. Most authors are recorded with full
names, dates of birth and death, and the authorities for that information. Most titles are recorded with the
approximate size of the book, place of publication, and date of publication. Special care has been taken to record
titles by obscure minor figures, meteorological titles, and unconventional titles. The inclusion of serial off-prints
gives a breadth to the listings of each other which has yet to be approached by the offerings of on-line catalogues.
The work has been compiled with the attention to detail and has taken several years to complete. For the first time
the holdings of the Royal Astronomical Society have been brought up to date and augmented for the student of the
historical literature of astronomy. [Order No. 95343]
334. Staikos, K. & Sklavenitis, T. (editors). THE PRINTED GREEK BOOK 15TH-19TH CEN-
TURY. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press and Kotinos Publications, 2004, 6.5" x 9.5", Half faux leather/printed
paper-covered boards, 710 pages. ISBN 9781584561422. $95.00 $71.25
Printed letterpress in an edition limited to 1000 copies. In May of 2001, an International Congress on the History of
Greek Printing was held in Delphi, Greece where leading scholars presented over 40 papers pertaining to
dissemination of the Greek language via manuscripts, books and documents. The collection of essays compiled in
this book is the publication of these learned papers. This illustrated and handsomely bound volume is one of the
best scholarly works on the diaspora of the Greek written word. The essays appear in a broad variety of languages,
and many are printed in Greek. There is a useful appendix that contains abstracts in English for all 30 of the essays
in Greek. Co-published with Kotinos Publications, Athens Greece. [Order No. 76423]
335. Southall, Richard. PRINTER'S TYPE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. New Castle and
London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2005, 7 x 10 inches, Hardcover, dust jacket. 256 pages.
ISBN 9781584561552. $65.00 $48.75
First edition. Printer's Type in the Twentieth Century traces the evolution of type manufacture and design from hand
punch-cutting through hot-metal and photographic composition to laser image-setting and the PostScript
revolution. The book takes a theoretical view of its topic, rather than a simple narrative approach. It is intended for
readers interested in recent typographic history, and the relationships between design methods and production
technologies in type manufacture. Contains 150 illustrations. Co-published with The British Library. Sales Rights:
North & South America only; available elsewhere from The British Library. [Order No. 79701]
336. Keller, Kate Van Winkle. PRINTERS OF BALLADS, BOOKS, AND NEWSPAPERS: BIO-
GRAPHICAL NOTES AND CHECKLISTS FOR NATHANIEL COVERLY, SR., NATHANIEL
COVERLY, JR., AND JOSEPH WHITE. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian
Society Volume 117. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 2008, 6 x 9 inches, paperback. 162
pages. ISBN 9781929545544. $25.00 $18.75
The topic of this new book from the American Antiquarian Society is printing in New England in the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth century. More specifically, the author focuses on three printers who were active
during that period: Nathaniel Coverly, Sr.; Nathaniel Coverly, Jr.; and Joseph White. Through a close examination
of the bibliographical evidence, she demonstrates the extent of the production by the two Coverlys and White to
the reading material available to adults and children in New England over more than fifty years. The introduction
provides a brief historical summary and an outline of the text that follows. Biographical descriptions of the
Coverlys and Joseph White, as well as checklists of their works are included. There are approximately twenty
grayscale images throughout the text. An index makes quick referencing possible. Distributed for the American
Antiquarian Society. [Order No. 100615]
337. Staikos, Konstantinos Sp. PRINTERS' & PUBLISHERS' MARKS IN BOOKS FOR THE
GREEK WORLD (1494-1821). New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF, 2009,
8.75 x 12.25 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 254 pages. ISBN 9781584562702. $125.00 $93.75
This book contains reproductions of the printers and publishers marks of all those - both Greeks and non-Greeks -
who printed or published books for Greek readers from the dawn of typography until just before the outbreak of
the Greek War of Independence in 1821. Also reproduced here are the crests and coats of arms of the rulers of the
Danubian principalities who actively supported the publication and dissemination of Greek books in the East.
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