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Relieurs et reliures décorées en France aux époques Directoire et Empire.  cover art

Relieurs et reliures décorées en France aux époques Directoire et Empire.

Exhibition catalogue, Brussels, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 16 September 2000 - 10 February 2001, with extensive description of 192 important bindings from the Bibliotheca Wittockiana, all illustrated. More info
Bodoni: quand la simplicité devient art.  cover art

Bodoni: quand la simplicité devient art.

Exposition organisée à la Bibliotheca Wittockiana du 17 juin au 9 septembre 2000. This monograph is a tribute to the prince of typographers, Giambatista Bodoni (1740-1813) whose genius is not only refelcted in the creating and drawing of typographical characters, but also in their engraving and foun... More info
Catalogue of the Cotsen Children`s Library : The 20th Century, A-L (vol. 1)  cover art

Catalogue of the Cotsen Children`s Library : The 20th Century, A-L (vol. 1)

In fall 1996, the Cotsen staff began compiling a multi-volume book catalogue of the research collection, with support from the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and the Technical Services Department of the Princeton University Library. When complete, this catalogue will describe that ... More info
Virtue by Design: Illustrated Chinese Children`s Books from the Cotsen Childrens Library  cover art

Virtue by Design: Illustrated Chinese Children`s Books from the Cotsen Childrens Library

The Chinese holdings of the Cotsen Children`s Library consist of more than 35,000 items from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The collection comprises the entire range of printed matter a child might encounter in his or her daily life. Primers, textbooks, song books, arts and crafts handbooks,... More info
The Dawn of Wisdom: Selections from the Japanese Collection of the Cotsen Children`s Library.  cover art

The Dawn of Wisdom: Selections from the Japanese Collection of the Cotsen Children`s Library.

Edited by Don J. Cohn. "The Cotsen Children`s Library is home to one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of Japanese books and printed matter for children outside of Japan. At present, this remarkable and constantly expanding corpus consists of over 10,000 items, including not only book... More info
Dutch Printer`s Devices 15th - 17th century. A Catalogue. With CD-Rom.  cover art

Dutch Printer`s Devices 15th - 17th century. A Catalogue. With CD-Rom.

An indispensable source of information for bibliographers and historians of mentality and visual culture. Contains inter alia a massive index of iconography, systematically arranged according to ICONCLASS classification schedules, offering some 20,000 references. In 3 volumes. More info
Vision in motion. L’avant-garde hongroise : éditeurs, typographes, artistes du livre. De Hongaarse avant-garde. Uitgevers, typografen, boekkunstenaars.  cover art

Vision in motion. L’avant-garde hongroise : éditeurs, typographes, artistes du livre. De Hongaarse avant-garde...

Exhibition catalogue, Brussels, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 30 October 1999 - 30 January 2000. More info
Fine Bookbindings from the National Library of Malta and the Magistral Palace, Library and Archives, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Rome. With an introduction by Michel Wittock.  cover art

Fine Bookbindings from the National Library of Malta and the Magistral Palace, Library and Archives, Sovereign...

This volume has been published in conjunction with the exhibition `Fine Bookbindings` held at Fort St Angelo, Birgu, Malta, 5th November-5th December, 1999. More info
Incunabula printed in the Low Countries (ILC). A census.  cover art

Incunabula printed in the Low Countries (ILC). A census.

Incunabula of the Low Countries (ILC) is a census of fifteenth-century books printed in the area of the present-day Netherlands and Belgium. It lists 2,229 editions in more than 14,300 copies preserved in hundreds of libraries, museums, and archives all over the world, but mainly in Europe and the U... More info
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