细节
MAITTAIRE, Michel (1668-1747). Historia typographorum aliquot Parisiensium vitas et libros complectens. London: William Bowyer for Christopher Bateman, 1717.
8o (188 x 116 mm), 2 volumes bound in one. 2 engraved plates of early printers' devices, woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in six compartment, one with red morocco lettering piece, others with crowned initial "N" (some wear).
FIRST EDITION. A manuscript copy of the presentation poem by Maittaire included in the Royal Library copy is tipped in. The earliest historical and bibliographical monograph on 16th-century Parisian typography, specifically the lives and work of Simon de Colines, Adrien Turnèbe, Michel Vascosan, the Morel clan, and Jean Bienné. Bigmore & Wyman II, 14.
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MAITTAIRE. Stephanorum historia, vitas ipsorum ac libros complectens. London: Bateman, 1709. 8o. Engraved portrait frontispiece. 18th-century calf (wear to spine ends and joints). Provenance: Delatoren (ownership inscription); J.J. Triulti (bookplate). With the 7-page appendix issued after publication bound in at end. (2)
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FIRST EDITION. A manuscript copy of the presentation poem by Maittaire included in the Royal Library copy is tipped in. The earliest historical and bibliographical monograph on 16th-century Parisian typography, specifically the lives and work of Simon de Colines, Adrien Turnèbe, Michel Vascosan, the Morel clan, and Jean Bienné. Bigmore & Wyman II, 14.
[With:]
MAITTAIRE. Stephanorum historia, vitas ipsorum ac libros complectens. London: Bateman, 1709. 8