Pen to Press: Illustrated Manuscripts and Printed Books in the First Century of Printing
Maryland: University of Maryland And The Johns Hopkikns University, 1977. First Edition. Quarto. Item #023072
234pp., [77] pages of illustrations situated at the rear. This scholarly work describes manuscripts and the printing press before and after the movable type by Gutenberg. It describes the process of the beautiful printing, and art of early manuscripts, the artist who worked on them. Oftentimes up to four artists worked on one manuscript such as the Morgan copy of the Bible of 1498. It also describes how the manuscripts or printed books were laid out as to conform to the book making process. (Margin, paper, lettering, decorative rubrications or illustration size, etc.) and the use of vellum. An important work on this study. Bound in white cloth lettered and framed in black, spine lettering black. A fine bright copy without names or bookplates.
Price: $75.00