Author: LAMBINET, P.
Title: Origine de l'imprimerie, d'après les titres authentiques.
Description: Paris, H. Nicolle, 1810. In 2 vols. W. front.portr. and 2 pls., 3 stereotypes (1 fold.) and 5 ills. Mod. hlf.clf. (XXX, 434; XV, 424 pp.). (Vol. II sl.wormh. at the end, sl.yellow. Uncut). Bigmore & Wyman I, 418: 2nd very much enlarges ed.: '....this interesting work, .... is full of the most curious notes concerning the first establishment of printing in the 15th century in Belgium, and on the first editions, which are the subjects of the most animated discussions among bibliographers. Lambinet's work exhibits the results of a large amount of historical investigation.... The book will always rank among the monuments of typographical bibliography.': With a very interesting supplement on stereotyping at the end.

Keywords: press history Vilib