Manuale tipografico /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813
Other Authors:	Füssel, Stephan
Format:	Book
Language:	Italian English
Published:	[Köln] ; [London] : [Taschen], [2010]
Subjects:	Printing > Italy > Specimens > Early works to 1800. Type and type-founding > Italy > Specimens > Early works to 1800. Type and type-founding > Italy > History > 19th century. Typographers > Italy.

Description
Item Description:	Specimens of type, printed on one side of leaf only. Original manual published: Parma : Presso la Vedova, 1818. "This edition is based on the copy owned by Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin--Preussischer Kulturbesitz. (Old Manuscripts Division; catalogue number: 50 MB 3642-1.2KD)"--Title page verso. Additional titles on cover: Manual of typography = Manuale tipografico = Handbuch der Typografie = Manuel typographique = Manual de tipografia. Imprint from accompanying booklet. Accompanied by booklet in pocket with cover title: Manual of typography = Manuale tipografico : 1818 / Giambattista Bodoni ; edited by Stephan Füssel. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Bibliography & Book Arts copy contains a promotional postcard from the publisher.
Physical Description:	2 volumes in one (LXXII, 267, 279 leaves) : portrait ; 33 cm. + 1 booklet (64 pages : color facsimiles ; 30 cm.)
ISBN:	9783836505536 (hbk.) 3836505533 (hbk.)
Related Items:	The Cushing Library/Lowman/Bibliography and Book Arts copy forms part of the Bibliography and Books Arts Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.