Erhard Ratdolt : Ein Meisterdrucker Des XV Und XVI Jahrhunderts : Mit 56 Abbildungen und einer Beilage
Wien: Herbert Reichner Verlag, 1933.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Item #14476
Professionally respined with paper title label on spine, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Limited Edition, R-19 of 200 copies, "The Publishers' Weekly", NY. Bookplate of Frederic Melcher, publisher Publishers Weekly and later President of Bowker. Melcher was an American publisher, bookseller, editor, and a major contributor to the library science field and book industry, noted for creating and helping to fund the Newbery Medal and Caldecott Medal. Erhard Ratdolt was a master printer in Venice and Augsburg, who published one of the earliest modern title pages, printed geometric diagrams, and created the earliest known type specimen. Well illustrated with plates of Ratdolt's work. ; 24, 56 pl pages.
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