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Exercitatio alphabetica nova et utilissima, variis expressa linguis et characteribus, raris ornamentis, umbris & recessibus, picturae architecturaeque, speciosa.  cover art

Exercitatio alphabetica nova et utilissima, variis expressa linguis et characteribus, raris ornamentis, umbris...

Antwerp, 1569. Facsimile, 1968. Edition limited to 300 handnumbered copies. Celebrated writing-book published by Christopher Plantin. More info
Sette alphabeti di varie lettere.  cover art

Sette alphabeti di varie lettere.

Rome, 1554. Facsimile 1971. Edition limited to 300 handnumbered copies. Typographical design: Aldert Witte. More info
Literarum latinarum, quas italicas, cursoriasque vocant scribendarum ratio.  cover art

Literarum latinarum, quas italicas, cursoriasque vocant scribendarum ratio.

Louvain, 1540. Facsimile, 1970. Edition limited to 300 handnumbered copies. More info
La vera arte delo excellente scrivere de diverse varie sorti de litere.  cover art

La vera arte delo excellente scrivere de diverse varie sorti de litere.

Venice, 1524. Facsimile 1971. Edition limited to 300 handnumbered copies. Typographical design: Aldert Witte. More info
Humanisten, Dwepers en Rebellen in de Zestiende Eeuw.  cover art

Humanisten, Dwepers en Rebellen in de Zestiende Eeuw.

Uit de wereld van het boek is de titel van een vierdelige reeks, waarin opstellen van Prof. Herman de la Fontaine Verwey over boeken, schrijvers, drukkers, uitgevers, binders, bibliofielen, bibliotheken en verzamelaars in bijgewerkte vorm gepubliceerd zijn. Deze studies kan men beschouwen als... More info
Bibliographie der Erfurter Drucke von 1501-1550.  cover art

Bibliographie der Erfurter Drucke von 1501-1550.

Bibliographical descriptions of over 1200 Erfurt-printed books 1501 - 1550. Nearly one-hundred of these are published for the first time in the present third- and final edition. More info
Der Buchdrucker Hans Lufft zu Wittenberg.  cover art

Der Buchdrucker Hans Lufft zu Wittenberg.

Pp. 68-90 (in double col.): Die Drucke Hans Luffts (Wittenberg 1523-1583 and Königsberg 1549-1553). More info
Johannes Gutenberg. Sein Leben und sein Werk.  cover art

Johannes Gutenberg. Sein Leben und sein Werk.

The standard work about Gutenberg in the final version of the author. More info
Chronica vom Leben und Wirken des Ulrich Zwingli.  cover art

Chronica vom Leben und Wirken des Ulrich Zwingli.

This contemporary biography was originally written during the years 1531-1534. It is here published after the manuscript, with a preface and extensive notes. More info
Sixteenth-Century Printing Types of the Low Countries. With a Foreword by Harry Carter.  cover art

Sixteenth-Century Printing Types of the Low Countries. With a Foreword by Harry Carter.

This pioneer work is an annotated catalogue, illustrated with specimens of the types made during the sixteenth century in the area now covered by the Netherlands and Belgium. The influence of the sixteenth-century typecutters was considerable; in fact, many of their type faces, described in this boo... More info
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