Author: (Standard, Paul). Steinberg, S. H.
Title: Die Schwarze Kunst: 500 Jahre Buchdruk.
Description: Munchen: Prestel Verlag, (1958). (1958). - Octavo, limp reddish brown cloth with a printed label on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The covers are slightly warped & the dust jacket is lightly rubbed. 471 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with numerous full-page & textual facsimiles, including several folding facsimiles. Very good.

First German edition. Originally published in English by Penguin Books in 1955 under the title "Five Hundred Years of Printing". The text is in German.

Calligrapher Paul Standard's copy. Laid in are two autograph letters in German from Leo Kasarnovski sending him the book. Very good .

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; HISTORY OF PRINTING; DIE SCHWARZE KUNST: 500 Jahre Buchdruk; S. H. STEINBERG; FACSIMILES; FOLDING FACSIMILES; PAUL STANDARD'S COPY; CALLIGRAPHER; FIRST GERMAN EDITION; 1ST GERMAN EDITION.

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