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Some of the devices are the marks of well-known printing houses, where Greek scholars and calligraphers were
largely responsible for the accuracy of the texts and the visual appearance of the book, such as the firms of Aldus
Manutius in Venice and Robert Estienne in Paris. All this printing and publishing activity, even if limited to only
books containing printers or publishers marks, covered a vast area of the Western and Eastern worlds. The marks
are illustrated and described in all their variant forms, complete with bibliographical references, identifications, a
general index, and an index of printers and printing houses. They are shown at actual size and presented
chronologically. Includes a brief message to the reader by the author, as well as an extensive and detailed
introduction. Available in Europe from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 102238]
338. Fiering, Norman and Susan L. Newbury. PRINTING & PUBLISHING IN THE COLONIAL
ERA OF THE UNITED STATES, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOOK IN THE AMERICAS (1988)
WITH A CHECKLIST OF THE ITEMS IN THAT CATALOGUE. Providence: The John Carter
Brown Library, 1990, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 37 pages. $10.00 $7.50
Describes 12 examples of printing in Colonial America, from the Bay Psalm Book of 1640 to Jefferson's Summary
View of the Rights of British America. Illustrated. [Order No. 53776]
339. Fahy, Conor. PRINTING A BOOK AT VERONA IN 1622, THE ACCOUNT BOOK OF
FRANCESCO CALZO LARI. Edited with an Introduction by Conor Fahy. Paris: Fondation Custodia,
1993, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. (8), 171, (25) pages. $75.00 $56.25
This book is an account of the production details concerning the printing and distribution of the Musaeum Francisci
Calceolarii, a large illustrated volume containing a Latin description by two Veronese doctors, Benedetto Ceruti
and Andrea Chiocco, of some of the Calzolari family's natural history collection. This account book has been
transcribed by Conor Fahy, a leading authority on Italian printing, and is here published for the first time with a
lengthy introduction. The volume also contains a photographic reproduction of the Musaeum, an Italian-English
glossary, and extensive appendices and indices. This book was chosen by the American Institute of Graphic Arts
as one of the Fifty Books of 1993, has been printed and bound by the Stinehour Press of Lunenberg, Vermont, and
contains 58 plates. [Order No. 44058]
340. Joyce, William L., David D. Hall, and Richard D. Brown. PRINTING AND SOCIETY IN
EARLY AMERICA. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1983, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. xii, 322
pages. ISBN 0912296550. $37.50 $28.13
First edition. These essays have been written by leading scholars on early bookselling, reading habits and the
impact of printing in early America. Printing history in its broadest context may be viewed as a distinct form of
cultural history, a synthesis combining the attention to ideas that is central to intellectual history with the
emphasis on patterns of behavior and organization characteristic of social history. This work encourages new
approaches to the study of early printing, including the fusion of bibliographical analysis and the broadly cultural
approach of the French historians of books and society. Together, the essays demonstrate how the world of print
changed between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - both shaping and reflecting the larger American
culture. [Order No. 14220]
341. PRINTING AT THE WHITTINGTON PRESS, 1972-1994, AN EXHIBTION. With Remarks
by John Randle, John Dreyfus & Mark Batty. N.P.: International Typeface Corporation and the
Typophiles, 1994, 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 63+(1) pages. $25.00 $18.75
Limited to 2,500 copies printed by letterpress at the Stinehour Press with design by Jerry Kelly. A well-annotated
exhibition catalogue describing the production of the Whittington Press. Includes illustrations. Distributed for the
Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press. [Order No. 61159]
342. Updike, Daniel Berkeley. PRINTING TYPES, THEIR HISTORY, FORMS AND USE. Two
volumes in one. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001, 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 1,088 pages. ISBN
9781584560562. $85.00 $63.75
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