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LEADER: 02582cam 2200373Ia 4500
001 ocm22092762
003 OCoLC
005 20210629044237.0
008 900718r19891943nyuaf b 001 0 eng d
040 $aIAY$beng$cIAY$dOCLCQ$dBAKER$dOCLCG$dDRB$dOCLCF$dOCLCQ$dTWS$dOCLCO$dOCLCQ
020 $a0880293489
020 $a9780880293488
035 $a(OCoLC)22092762
050 4 $aZ4$b.M15 1989
082 04 $a002$220
100 1 $aMcMurtrie, Douglas C.$q(Douglas Crawford),$d1888-1944.
245 14 $aThe book :$bthe story of printing & bookmaking /$cby Douglas C. McMurtrie.
260 $aNew York :$bDorset Press,$c1989.
300 $axxx, 676 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aReprint. Originally published: 3rd rev. ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 1943.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 603-646).
505 0 $aPrimitive human records -- The origin of the alphabet -- The alphabet in western Europe -- Paper and its origins -- Handwritten books -- Printing in the Far East -- Early European woodcuts -- The block books -- The stage setting for typography -- Johann Gutenberg's invetion -- The case of rival claimants -- The dissemination of printing -- The master printers of Venice -- The first printing in English -- The production of the incunabula -- Woodcut book illustration -- Engraved book illustration -- Early book decoration -- Some special problems -- Printer's marks -- The study of incunabula -- Typography's golden age -- Italian book illustration -- The indomitable Plantin -- The vogue of engraving -- Baskerville and his disciples -- The press in the New World -- Printing on Massachusetts Bay -- Typographer, philosopher, statesman -- Printer and historian -- The spread of printing in America -- The revival of craftsmanship -- The private presses -- Contemporary fine printing -- Modern typography -- Modern book illustration -- Processes of bookmaking -- The art of bookbinding -- The printing of illustrations -- The title page -- Concerning type design -- The printer's ideals.
650 0 $aBooks.
650 0 $aPrinting$xHistory.
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650 7 $aPrinting.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01076612
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
938 $aBaker & Taylor$bBKTY$c29.95$d22.46$i0880293489$n0001638125$sactive
029 1 $aNLGGC$b24421171X
994 $aZ0$bP4A
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN P4A - 98 OTHER HOLDINGS