
TYPOGRAPHIC TREASURES IN EUROPE - Bartlett, Ltd Ed #585, 1925 - BOOKS PRINTING
THE TYPOGRAPHIC TREASURES OF EUROPE: A STUDY OF CONTEMPORANEOUS BOOK PRODUCTION IN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE ITALY, GERMANY, HOLLAND AND BELGIUM, WITH AN ADDENDUM BY J.W. MULLER GIVING THE PRINCIPAL DATES AND PERSONAGES IN PRINTING HISTORYBook Details + Condition: G.P. Putnam's Sons (New York and London). Limited and First Edition, 1925. Folio hardcover with slipcase (12" x 16"). 173 pages with Index. Illustrated. Limited Edition of 585 copies, of which this is hand-numbered #262. TYPOGRAPHICAL TREASURES traces the history, evolution and general study of book production and printing techniques. A chronology of printing innovations is also provided. Firm binding; light shelf wear; intermittent light foxing present; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings. Original slipcase has wear and rubbing, mainly to extremities.