The Aldine Press – Catalogue of the Ahamanson – Murphy Collection of Books by or Relating to the Press in the Library of the Univ. of California: ... Incorporating Works Recorded Elsewhere - Hardcover

Barker, N

9780520229938: The Aldine Press – Catalogue of the Ahamanson – Murphy Collection of Books by or Relating to the Press in the Library of the Univ. of California: ... Incorporating Works Recorded Elsewhere

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520229932 ISBN 13: 9780520229938

Publisher: University of California Press, 2001

The Aldine Press revolutionized the production, accessibility and use of the book, introducing a number of innovations that helped shape the development of the modern book, including italic type and the smaller, pocket-sized volume. This catalogue provides a descriptive bibliography of books in the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine collection at the University of California, Los Angeles, together with abbreviated notices of works not at UCLA. The volume is intended to be a resource for Aldine studies and the history of the book.

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About the Author:

Nicolas Barker is author of Aldus Manutius and the Development of Greek Script and Type in the Fifteenth Century (1992) and sometime Deputy Keeper at the British Library. Sue A.Kaplan is Librarian in the Department of Special Collections, Charles E.Young Research Library, UCLA. Paul Naiditch is Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Department of Special Collections, and Classics Bibliographer at the Charles E.Young Research Library, UCLA, Gerald Lange is proprietor of the Bieler Press in Marina del Rey, California.

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