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FOURNIER, Pierre-Simon (called Fournier le Jeune, 1712-68). Dissertation sur l'origine et les progrès de l'art de graver en bois. Paris: J. Barbou, 1758. [Bound with:] – De l'origine et des productions de l'imprimerie primitive en taille de bois. Paris: J. Barbou, 1759. -– Observations sur un ouvrage intitulé Vindiciae Typographicae. Paris: J. Barbou, 1760. -– Remarques sur un ouvrage intitulé Lettre sur l'origine de l'imprimerie. Paris: J. Barbou, 1761. -- [BAER, Frédéric Charles.] Lettre sur l’origine de l’imprimerie. Strasbourg: n.p., 1761. 5 works in one volume, 8° (187 x 114mm). (Occasional minor spotting.) Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with raised bands, red morocco label, sprinkled edges (spine head chipped, joints just starting at the head, extremities rubbed).
A SAMMELBAND OF FOUR FIRST EDITIONS BY FOURNIER ON THE ORIGINS OF TYPOGRAPHY, bound together with Baer’s related Lettre sur l’origine de l’imprimerie. Fournier wrongly disputes G.-F. De Bure's dating of the Gutenberg Bible, but is apparently the first to note the gradual increase in the number of lines per page in the early stages of the Bible's production.
A SAMMELBAND OF FOUR FIRST EDITIONS BY FOURNIER ON THE ORIGINS OF TYPOGRAPHY, bound together with Baer’s related Lettre sur l’origine de l’imprimerie. Fournier wrongly disputes G.-F. De Bure's dating of the Gutenberg Bible, but is apparently the first to note the gradual increase in the number of lines per page in the early stages of the Bible's production.
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