Notable Printers of Italy During the Fifteenth Century.

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Notable Printers of Italy During the Fifteenth Century: Illustrated with Facsimiles from Early Editions and with Remarks on Early and Recent Printing.

Author:

Theodore Low De Vinne

Printer:

The Grolier Club of the City of New York

Place of Printing:

New York, NY

Date of Printing:

1910

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Author and Commentators

Theodore Low De Vinne (1828-1914). Printer, researcher, expert on printing type. Born in Connecticut, he moved to New York to work for printing company. In 1877 he purchased the Century Magazine and changed the name to Theodore Low De Vinne & Co. He was an author of a number of books on printing.

The Book

First edition. Approximately 210 pages and 41 plates. 400 copies. The plates show examples of the works of famous incunabula printers. One table shows the stages in the evolution of Latin minuscule.

Contents

• Introduction. Page 15.
• Early Italian Books. Page 21.
• The Older Roman Alphabets. Page 29.
• Sweinheim and Pannartz. Page 37.
• Conrad Sweinheim. Page 49.
• Ulric Hahn. Page 53.
• John Philip de Lignamine. Page 56.
• George Herolt. Page 58.
• George Lauer. Page 60.
• John and Wendelin of Speyer. Page 65.
• Wendelin of Speyer. Page 68.
• Nicolas Jenson. Page 72.
• Andrew Torresano. Page 79.
• Bartholomew of Cremona. Page 82.
• Erhard Ratdolt. Page 85.
• Franz Renner. Page 88.
• Jacob Rubeus. Page 92.
• Baptista de Tortis. Page 94.
• Bartholomew de Zanis. Page 98.
• Aldus Manutius. Page 100.
• John Numeister. Page 117.
• Sixtus Riessinger. Page 119.
• Antonio Miscomini. Page 121.
• Antonio Zarotto. Page 123.
• The Ripoli Press. Page 127.
• Caligula Bazalerio. Page 128.
• Ulric Gering. Page 131.
• Claude Garamond. Page 134.
• Large and Small Types. Page 137.
• Type-Founding. Page 147.
• Printing Ink. Page 159.
• Paper. Page 163.
• Composition. Page 171.
• The Handpress. Page 187.
• Authorities. Page 201.
• Index. Page 203.

Gallery

TitleContentsContentsFacsimilesFacsimilesFacsimilesFacsimilesFacsimilesFacsimilesIntroduction page 15Roman Type page 20Plate 1Plate 2 Antonio Zarotto, Milan, 1490Latin Minuscule page 31Types of Rome page 37Plate 3 Sweinheim & Pannartz, Subiaco, 1465Plate 4 St. Johns Hornsby reproductionPlate 5 Sweinheim & Pannartz, Rome, 1470Plate 6 Arnold Pannartz, Rome, 1476Plate 7 Conrad Sweinheim, Rome, 1478Plate 8 Conrad Sweinheim, Rome, 1478Plate 9 Ulric Hahn, Rome, 1475Plate 10 John Philip de Lignamine, Rome, 1482Plate 11 George Herolt, Rome, 1481Plate 12 George Lauer, Rome, 1470Plate 13 Rome, 1474Types of Venice page 65Plate 14 John & Wendelin of Speyer, Venice, 1470Plate 15 Wendelin of Speyer, Venice, 1475Plate 16 Nicolas Jenson, Venice, 1471Plate 17 John of Cologne & Nicolas Jenson, Venice, 1481Plate 18 Andrew Torresano, Venice, 1498Plate 19 Bartholomew of Cremona, Venice 1472Plate 20 Ratdolt, Loslein & Maler, Venice, 1477Plate 21 Earhard Ratdolt, Venice 1483Plate 22 Franz Renner, Venice, 1472Plate 23 Franz Renner, Venice, 1478Plate 24 Jacob Rubeus, Venice, 1474Plate 25 Baptista de Tortis, Venice, 1483Plate 26 Bartholomew de Zanis, Venice, 1496Aldus Manutius page 100Aldus page 101Plate 27 Aldus Manutius, Venice, 1502Aldus page 112Aldus page 113Paulus Manutius page 114Plate 28 Paul Manutius, Venice, 1566Plate 29 John Numeister, Foligno, 1470Types of Other Cities page 117Plate 30 Sixtus Riessinger, Naples, 1471Plate 31 Antonio Miscomini, Florence, ca. 1483Plate 32 Antonio Zarotto, Milan, 1481Plate 33 Filippo de Lavagna, Milan, ca. 1476Plate 34 The Ripoli Press, Florence, 1477Plate 35 Caligua Bazalerio, Bologna, 1498Plate 36 Ulric Gering, Paris, 1483Types of FrancePlate 37 Roman & Italic typeLarge & Small TypesPlate 38 C. Froschover, Zurich, 1543Plate 39 Daniel Elzevir, Amsterdam, 1678Type-Founding page 147Printing Ink page 159Paper page 163Composition page 171The Hand Press page 187Plate 40 PressworkPressworkPressworkInking BallsPlate 41 Matthias Huss, Lyon, 1499Dance of DeathAuthoritiesIndexIndexDe Vinne Press