The Italian book 1465-1800 : studies presented to Dennis E. Rhodes on his 70th birthday / edited by Denis V. Reidy
1993, First Edition. London : The British Library. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #440505
ISBN: 0712302956
Physical description; xxi, 401 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-386) and index. Contents; An unrecorded Milanese incunable / David Rogers -- Hans von Laude(n)bach 'who printed the first books in Rome' / John L. Flood -- Notes on the history of printing in Treviso in the 15th century / Agostino Contò -- New light on the Ripoli edition of the Expositio of Donato Acciaioli / Piero Scapecchi -- Besicken and Guillery / Martin Davies -- Three Milanese publications / Ennio Sandal -- Annals of G.A. Scinzenzeler, printer in Milan (1500-1526) : a supplement / Luigi Balsamo -- The Venetian Ptolemy of 1548 / Conor Fahy -- The Lyons counterfeit of Aldus's italic type : a new chronology / David J. Shaw -- Nicolò Zoppino and the book-trade network of Perugia / Jeremy M. Potter -- Decimo : reflections on some rare formats / David Paisey -- Notes on the Ardizzoni, printers and booksellers in Piacenza / Diego Zancani -- Italian Renaissance portraiture and printed portrait-books / Cecil H. Clough -- John Brown, Scottish Minim (1569-1643) : a tale of three title pages / T.A. Birrell -- Honouring the dead / Paul Quarrie -- Soldier's tales : observations on Italian military books published at Antwerp in the early 17th century / Anna E.C. Simoni -- Publishing in the provinces : printing houses in Romagna in the 17th century / Pierangelo Bellettini -- The Ripoli Decameron, Guglielmo Libri and the 'incomparabile' Harris / Neil Harris -- Notes on the incunabula of Consul Joseph Smith : an exploration / Lotte Hellinga-Querido -- The Costabili collection in the British Library / Roberto L. Bruni -- Bibliography of the published works of Dennis E. Rhodes / Denis V. Reidy. Subjects; Rhodes, Dennis E. Rhodes, Dennis E. ; Bibliography. Rhodes, Dennis E. (Dennis Everard) 1923-. Geschichte 1465-1800. 15th-18th centuries. Books Italy History. Printing Italy History. Book industries and trade Italy History. Printing history. Bibliography as Topic history.
Price: €225.00