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Summary:

110 leaves taken from books printed in Germany between 1460 and 1500, with information on type fonts as used by the early printers.

Author/Creator:

Haebler, Konrad, 1857-1946, author

Contributors:

Barbey, André, translator

Weiss & Co. (Munich, Germany)

Languages:

English
German

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): German

Main Work:

German incunabula: 110 original-leaves [by Haebler, K.]

Subjects:

Incunabula — Specimens

Incunabula — Germany — Bibliography

Printing — Germany — History — Origin and antecedents

Germany — Imprints — 15th century

1400-1499

Printing

Incunabula

Germany

Genres:

Leaf books — Germany — 20th century

Incunabula — Germany

Specimens

History

Bibliographies

General Notes:

Title from text volume title page.
Issued in 2 portfolios. The plates are mounted and inlaid in heavy paper mats on which a small descriptive label is mounted.
The text consists of: (1) a list of the plates arranged alphabetically by the names of printing places represented; (2) an introduction to early printing in Germany; (3) a technical description of the specimens (notes of the printers, character of the types, etc.).
"This English edition appeared in one issue of 100 copies numbered by hand ..."--Colophon.
Gift; 2018.
Housed in publisher's tan cloth covered portfolios, with black titles.
Libraries' copy lacking original text volume, supplied in later, reduced facsimile, and with no limitation number.

Physical Description:

2 portfolios (110 mounted plates) ; 55 cm + 1 textual volume (60 pages)

Physical Characteristics:

55 cm

Call Numbers:

Z1033.L4 .H3435 1927

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

29007891

OCLC Numbers:

4574279