Cercle de la librairie
Subtitle: première exposition
Publisher: Cercle de la librairie
Published: 1880
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Book industries and trade; Exhibitions; Publishers and publishing; Printing; History
Other titles: Exposition du Cercle de la librairie 1880; Founding Research Collection (Boston Public Library)
Description: The first part of this book is a retrospective of the history of French typography. The second part, concerning modern typography, lists all of the companies participating in the exhibition as well as their principle partners, date of starting in business and medals won. These include the photomechanical printing firms Charles Chardin, Firmin-Didot, Goupil, Motteroz, and Quantin. The book ends with 112 pages of advertisements for French firms in the printing trades, as well as some photomechanical advertisements. This first catalogue of the Cercle is useful because of the information regarding some of the important photomechanical printers in Paris. Also, the ads are extremely informative about Lemercier and Goupil in particular. -- Hanson Collection Catalog, p. 64-65.
Notes: Title page and half-title printed in red and black.

Text printed within decorative and illustrated borders.

"Cette exposition comprend les publications faites depuis le 1er janvier 1878, en livres, musique, gravures, lithographies, chromolithographies et aussi de spécimens de produits de fonderie en caractères, de papeterie et de reliure de luxe ou de commerce"--Page [1].