Author: Gottschalk, Paul
Title: Die Buchkunst Gutenbergs Und Schoffers: Mit Einem Einleitenden Versuch Uber Die Entwicklung Der Buchkunst Von Ihren Fruhesten Anfangen Bis Auf Die Heutige Zeit
Description: Berlin, Paul Gottschalk, 1918. Hardcover. Oversized green cloth boards; 15 (2) pp followed by VIII facsimiles. Text is in German. The book art of Gutenberg and Schöffer, with an introductory attempt on the development of book art from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Facsims. in original size, of one page each of the following: 1. 42 line Bible. [Mainz, Gutenberg, ca. 1450-1455]; 2. 36 line Bible. [Mainz? Gutenberg? ca. 1458]; 3. Balbi's Catholicon, Mainz [Gutenberg?] 1460; 4. Psalter, Mainz, Fust and Schöffer, 1457; 5. Canon Missae. [Mainz, Fust and Schöffer, 1458]; 6. Durantis' Rationale divinorum officiorum [Mainz] Fust and Schöffer, 1459; 7. Bible, Mainz, Fust and Schöffer, 1462; 8. Missale speciale (variously dated between 1448 and 1470) Each facsim. preceded by a leaf with explanatory text. Good (shelfwear to boards, corners bumped; expected age toning to pages. Text and illustrations are otherwise clear.) .

Keywords: Books and Manuscripts and Printing ; Printing History; Gutenberg ; ;


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