Title & Author:

The Italian book 1465-1800 : studies presented to Dennis E. Rhodes on his 70th birthday / edited by Denis V. Reidy.

Publication:

London : The British Library, 1993.

Description:

xxi, 401 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm.

Series:

The British Library studies in the history of the book

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-386) and index.
An unrecorded Milanese incunable / David Rogers -- Hans von Laude(n)bach 'who printed the first books in Rome' / John L. Flood -- Notes on the history of printing in Treviso in the 15th century / Agostino Contò -- New light on the Ripoli edition of the Expositio of Donato Acciaioli / Piero Scapecchi -- Besicken and Guillery / Martin Davies -- Three Milanese publications / Ennio Sandal -- Annals of G.A. Scinzenzeler, printer in Milan (1500-1526) : a supplement / Luigi Balsamo -- The Venetian Ptolemy of 1548 / Conor Fahy -- The Lyons counterfeit of Aldus's italic type : a new chronology / David J. Shaw -- Nicolò Zoppino and the book-trade network of Perugia / Jeremy M. Potter -- Decimo : reflections on some rare formats / David Paisey -- Notes on the Ardizzoni, printers and booksellers in Piacenza / Diego Zancani -- Italian Renaissance portraiture and printed portrait-books / Cecil H. Clough -- John Brown, Scottish Minim (1569-1643) : a tale of three title pages / T.A. Birrell -- Honouring the dead / Paul Quarrie -- Soldier's tales : observations on Italian military books published at Antwerp in the early 17th century / Anna E.C. Simoni -- Publishing in the provinces : printing houses in Romagna in the 17th century / Pierangelo Bellettini -- The Ripoli Decameron, Guglielmo Libri and the 'incomparabile' Harris / Neil Harris -- Notes on the incunabula of Consul Joseph Smith : an exploration / Lotte Hellinga-Querido -- The Costabili collection in the British Library / Roberto L. Bruni -- Bibliography of the published works of Dennis E. Rhodes / Denis V. Reidy.
Also issued online.
Dust jacket.

ISBN:

0712302956
9780712302951

Subject:

Books Italy History.
Printing Italy History.
Book industries and trade Italy History.
Printing history
Bibliography as Topic history.
Livres Italie Histoire.
Imprimerie Italie Histoire.
Livres Industrie Italie Histoire.
Book industries and trade.
Books.
Printing.
Buch
Aufsatzsammlung
Boekdrukkunst.
Italian imprints History.
Italy.
Italien
Books History

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Festschriften.
History.
Mélanges (Recueils)

Added entries:

Rhodes, Dennis E.
Reidy, Denis V. (Denis Vincent), editor.
Reidy, Denis V. (Denis Vincent)
British Library studies in the history of the book.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 109844
Call No.: ID:94-B404
Status: Available