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The book : its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time / by Henri Bouchot ; with a treatise on the art of collecting and describing early printed books, and a Latin-English and English-Latin topographical index of the earliest printing places ; edited by H. Grevel ; containing one hundred and seventy-two fac-similes of early typography, book-illustrations, printer' marks, bindings, numerous borders, initials, head and tail pieces, and a frontispiece.

Title
  1. The book : its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time / by Henri Bouchot ; with a treatise on the art of collecting and describing early printed books, and a Latin-English and English-Latin topographical index of the earliest printing places ; edited by H. Grevel ; containing one hundred and seventy-two fac-similes of early typography, book-illustrations, printer' marks, bindings, numerous borders, initials, head and tail pieces, and a frontispiece.
Published by
  1. London : H. Grevel & Co., 1890.
Author
  1. Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906

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Additional authors
  1. Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899
  2. Grevel, H.
  3. Einsle, Anton, 1848-1897
Description
  1. xv, 383 pages : illustrations; 27 cm
Uniform title
  1. Livre. English
Alternative title
  1. Livre.
Subject
  1. Books
  2. Printing > History
  3. Bookbinding > History
  4. Cataloging of incunabula
  5. Illustration of books > History
  6. Printing > history
  7. Bookbinding > history
  8. Incunabula as Topic
  9. Cataloging > history
  10. Livres
  11. Imprimerie > Histoire
  12. Catalogage > Incunables
  13. Illustration des livres > Histoire
  14. books
  15. Bookbinding
  16. Illustration of books
  17. Printing
  18. Books
  19. Printing > History
  20. Bookbinding > History
  21. Cataloging of incunabula
Genre/Form
  1. Association copies (Provenance)
  2. History
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. First English translation by E.C. Bigmore, 1887, has title: The printed book; its history, illustration and adornment.
  2. "The art of describing and cataloging incunabula (p. [322]-351) is a translation of Die Incunabel-Bibliographie, von A. Einsle, Wien, 1888
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Additional formats (note)
  1. Also issued online.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain