L' art de l'imprimerie à Venise.
Contributors: Le Monnier, M.; Castellani, Carlo, 1822-1897.
Publisher: Ferd. Ongania, editeur; Librarie H. Welter
Published: 1895
Place of publication: Venise; Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Jenson, Nicolas, -- ca. 1420-1480; Printing -- History -- Venice.; Printers' marks -- Venice.; Music printing.; Watermarks.; Bookbinding -- Facsimiles.
Notes: Title vignette (portrait of Jenson)

Cover title: L'art de l'imprimerie pendant la renaissance italienne.

Edited and translated from the Italian edition by M. Le Monnier, with an additional notice of Nicolas Jenson.

"Achevé d'imprimer à Venise le XXX juillet MDCCCXCV par la Typographie Émilienne avec les héliotypies de C. Jacobi, les photolithographies d'O. Bertani, les lithographies de G. Draghi, Scozzi, Kirchmayr, et F. Guggia, et avec des dessins de V. Scarpa"--Colophon.

"Ouvrages cités": p. [21]-22.

A collection of facsimile ilustrations of pages from early printed books, initials, borders, title pages, printers' marks, art bindings, water marks, etc., with short instructions by Carlo Castellani (p. 5-16) on Venetian printing, water marks, printers' marks and music printing; also a note on bookbinding (p. 217-218)

Gift to Trinity Library Upjohn-Waldie Collection; Guy and Sandra Upjohn; 2007.

Trinity Library copy: Binding: half vellum, gold tooled; top edge gilt; on inside back cover gold tooled device: serpent twining up pole surmounted by cross, at foot entwined letter O and G.