Principia Typographica. The Book Blocks or Xylographic Delineations of Scripture History, Issued in Holland, Flanders and Germany during the Fifteenth Century, exemplified and considered in connexion with the Origin of Printing . [Bound with:] Memoranda Relating to the Block-Books preserved in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris, made October 1858

Sotheby, Samuel Leigh

Published by Printed for the Author by T. Richards, London, 1859

About this Item

First edition, limited to 215 sets. Numerous plates and illustrations, some hand colored. 3 vols. Folio. The Memoranda is inscribed by Sotheby to John Thadeus Delane (1817-1879), editor of The Times, "as an addition to the copy of the Principia Typographica reviewed in that paper". ". one of the most important that has ever been published on the subject of the orignes typographicae . Its chief value, in fact, attaches to it on account of the reproductions of pages of block books, facsimiles of watermarks, etc." (Wyman). Bigmore & Wyman II, p.370 Modern blue calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting title labels Numerous plates and illustrations, some hand colored. 3 vols. Folio. Seller Inventory # 322489

Bibliographic Details

Title: Principia Typographica. The Book Blocks or ...

Publisher: Printed for the Author by T. Richards, London

Publication Date: 1859

Binding: Hardcover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First edition, limited to 215 sets.