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(16th-century printers) – 8 volumes: - SCHREIBER (Fred). Simon de Colines. An Annotated Catalogue of 230 examples of his Press, 1520–1546. Introduction (in French with an English translation) by Jeanne Veyrin-Forrer. New York, the author, 1995. In-4, LXXXIV, 242 pp, publisher’s grey cloth. In addition to a meticulous description of the 230 books produced by Simon de Colines’s press, the volume includes reproductions of two extremely rare catalogues from his printing house, a bibliography and an index. The introduction is a masterpiece of scholarship and elegance. This important collection is now held at Brigham Young University. It represents approximately one-third of Simon de Colines’ output. It was compiled with the aim of showcasing all aspects of the great typographer’s work throughout his long career. The catalogue was printed in a limited edition of 750 copies. 80 illustrations. - RENOUARD (Philippe). Bibliography of the editions by Simon de Colines (1520–1546). With a biographical note and 37 facsimile reproductions. Paris, 1894. (Reprint, 2000). In-8, VII, 516 pp, [1 f], publisher’s cloth binding. Collations, notes and commentaries. Facsimiles. An indispensable bibliography. - BOWERN (Karen Lee). Christopher Plantin’s Books of Hours. Illustration and production. Nieuwkoop, De Graaf, 1997. 8vo, publisher’s binding. XXXI, 301 pp., 156 plates. - SCHREIBER (Fred). The Estiennes. An Annotated Catalogue of 300 Highlights of their various Presses. Introduction by Nicolas Barker. New York, Schreiber, 1982. In-8, publisher’s cloth binding. vii, 284 pp., illustrations. - (STEIN, Henri). New documents on the Estiennes, Parisian printers (1517–1665). (Proceedings of the Society for the History of Paris and the Île-de-France, Volume XXII, 1895). 8vo booklet, pp. 249–295, [1 folio], paperback, plain cover. - Bibliothèque Nationale. Catalogue of the works of Henri Estienne held in the Department of Printed Works. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1912. In-8 booklet, paperback. 50 pp. - BRANDON (Edgar Ewing). Robert Estienne and the French Dictionary in the 16th Century. Geneva, Slatkine, 1967. 8vo, paperback. 133 pp., [1 fol.] of errata. - KECSEMETI (Judith), BOUDOU (Bénédicte), CAZES (Hélène)… Edited by Jean CÉARD. Humanist France. Henri II Estienne, publisher and writer… Turnhout, Brepols, 2003. Large in-8, publisher’s cardboard binding, LXVIII, 764 pp., illustrations in the text.
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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