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Printing in Europe, 1601-1800: German-speaking countriesThere are 5 items

  • Mayer (Anton), 1838-1924

    Vienna, W. Frick / Verlag des Comités zur Feier d. 400jähr. Einführung d. Buchdruckerkunst in Wien, 1883-1887
    Two volumes (31 cm), I (1482-1682): xvi, 404 pp., colour frontispiece, numerous plates in colour, and text illustrations. II (1682-1882; Nachtrag): viii, 423 pp., numerous plates (some in colour), and text illustrations. Contemporary linen-backed boards. - Still the authoritative work on Viennese printing. Descriptive notices of the presses active from 1482 to 1682 are followed by lists of their productions, enumerating in all 2232 titles, excluding works which had been listed by Michael Denis (Wiens Buchdruckergeschichte bis MDLX, 1782-1793), and works of minor importance published after 1640; 401 are titles of works issued 1482-1560, not recorded by Denis. ¶ Provenance: E.P. Goldschmidt & Co. Ltd, London (Catalogue 95, 1951, item 261); L’Art Ancien, Zurich (occasional pencil inscription of Erwin Rosenthal), from the auction sale of L’Art Ancien’s Handbibliothek, conducted by F. Zisska & R. Kistner, Munich, 27-28 March 1984, lot 1514. Spine of volume I abraded; otherwise an excellent, unmarked copy.

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  • Mitchell (Phillip Marshall), 1916-1999

    Lawrence, KS, University of Kansas Libraries, 1969; 1976
    Three volumes (25 cm), I (1969): xix, 388 pp. II (1969): pp.389-748. II (Additions and corrections, 1976): xi, 110 pp. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - The number of books in the German language published in Denmark and in the Duchies increased exponentially after 1600: Nielsen’s Dansk Bibliografi 1482-1600 lists 37 editions, whereas Mitchell describes 3127 editions published 1601-1700. ¶ Very good set.

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  • Benzing (Josef), 1904-1981

    Wiesbaden, Otto Harrassowitz, 1982
    (24.5 cm), xx, 565 (1) pp., frontispiece portrait of the author. Collector’s green cloth binding, black skiver lettering-piece. - The fruit of Benzing’s life-long study of German printers of the sixteenth century. Revised, second edition, with the listings of secondary literature updated. ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy.

    £ 90

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  • Bauer (Michael)

    Frankfurt am Main, Buchhändler Vereinigung GmbH, 1983
    (30.5 cm), (2) pp., cols. 693-1186. Publisher’s blue cloth binding. - Provides an account of the book and print market in Nuremberg and Augsburg around 1700, a biography of the engraver-publisher Christoph Weigel, and very detailed descriptions of his publications. “Sonderdruck aus dem Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens, Band XXIII, Lieferung 4-6, Frankfurt am Main, 1982” (title-page verso). ¶ Superior copy in new condition.

    £ 60

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  • Paisey (David Lincoln), born 1933

    Wiesbaden, Otto Harrassowitz, 1988
    (24 cm), xi, 361 pp. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Dictionary of printers, booksellers, and publishers active in German-speaking areas of continental Europe in the first half of the eighteenth century (c. 3800 entries). ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy.

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