THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK..
New Castle, Published by Oak Knoll Press. 1996. Second Edition. Royal 8vo. pp. xxiii + 551 with 8 colour plates and others illustrations in black & white.Grey cloth hardcover in mylar protected dust wrapper. Very good copy. Item #195703
'Encyclopedia contains almost 4,000 terms and definitions used in bookbinding, printing, papermaking and the book trade. Biographical details of printers, authors, bookbinders and bibliophiles are included as well as precise notes on machinery and equipment, famous books, printing societies, book-related organizations, customs of the trade and other related information.It is equipped with five appendices, showing type specimens, Latin place names used in the imprints of early-printed books, surveys of contemporary private presses, "
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