The Invention of Printing. / A Collection of Facts and Opinions, Descriptive of Early Prints and Playing Cards, the Block-Books of the Fifteenth Century, the Legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the Work of John Gutenberg and His Associates

AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.

Theodore Low De Vinne

BECKMANN JOHN. A History of Inventions, Discoveries and Origins. Translated by William Johnston. 12mo. 2 vols. London, 1846.
Berjeau J. PH. Biblia Pauperum. Reproduced in Fac-simile ....... with an Historical and Bibliographical Introduction. Folio. London, 1859.
—— —— Le Bibliophile IllustrÉ for 1861. Imperial 8vo. London, 1862.
—— —— Book-worm for 1866. Imperial 8vo. London, 1866.
BERNARD AUG. De l’origine et des dÉbuts de l’imprimerie en Europe. 8vo. 2 vols. Paris, 1853.
BIBLIOPHILE BELGE BULLETIN DU. 8vo. Vols. I TO IX. Brussels, 1845–1852.
BLADES WILLIAM. The Life and Typography of William Caxton, England’s First Printer, etc. Royal 4to. 2 vols. London, 1861–1863.
BREITKOPF JOH. GOTTL. IMMAN. Versuch den Ursprung der Spielkarten, die EinfÜhrung des Leinenpapieres, und den Anfang der Holzschneidekunst in Europa. 4to. 2 vols. in one. Leipsic, 1784.
CAMPBELL M.-F.-A.-G. Annales de la typographie NÉerlandaise au XVe siÈcle. 8vo. La Haye, 1874.
CAMUS. Notice d’un livre imprimÉ À Bamberg en 1462. 4to. Paris, an VII.
CRAPELET G.-A. Études pratiques et littÉraires sur la typographie. 8vo. Paris, 1837.
DAUNOU ——. Analyse des opinions diverses sur l’origine de l’imprimerie. 8vo. Paris, an XI.
DE LA BORDE LÉON. DÉbuts de l’imprimerie À Strasbourg, ou recherches sur les travaux mystÉrieux de Gutenberg dans cette ville, et sur le procÈs qui lui fut intentÉ en 1439 À cette occasion. 8vo. Paris, 1840.
—— —— DÉbuts de l’imprimerie À Mayence et À Bamberg, ou description des lettres d’indulgence du pape Nicholas V pro regno Cypri, imprimÉes en 1454. Royal 4to. Paris, 1840.
DE VRIES A. Éclaircissemens sur l’histoire de l’invention de l’imprimerie. 8vo. La Haye, 1843.
DIDOT M. AMBROISE FIRMIN. Essai sur la typographie. 8vo. Paris, 1851.
DOUCE FRANCIS. Holbein’s Dance of Death ... with a Dissertation, etc. 12mo. London, 1872.
FALKENSTEIN KARL. Geschichte der Buchdruckerkunst in ihrer Entstehung und Ausbildung. 4to. Leipsic, 1840.
FISCHER GOTTHELF. Essai sur les monuments typographiques de Jean Gutenberg, mayenÇais, inventeur de l’imprimerie. 4to. Mayence, an X.
FOURNIER le jeune P. S. Manuel typographique. 16mo. 2 vols. Paris, 1764–1766.
GRESSWELL WILLIAM PARR. Annals of Parisian Typography, etc. 8vo. London, 1818.
HAIN L. Repertorium Bibliographicum, in quo Libri Omnes ab Arte Typographica Inventa usque ad Annum MD. typis expressi, etc. 8vo. 2 vols. Stuttgardt, 1826–1838.
HALLAM HENRY. Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. 8vo. 2 vols. New-York, 1841.
—— —— View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages. 8vo. 3 vols. Boston, 1853.
HANSARD T. C. Typographia: an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing, etc. 8vo. London, 1825.
HEINEKEN C. H. IdÉe gÉnÉrale d’une collection complette d’estampes, avec une dissertation sur l’origine de la gravure et sur les premiers livres d’images. 8vo. Leipsic and Vienna, 1771.
HELBIG HENRI. Une DÉcouverte pour l’histoire de l’imprimerie. Pamphlet, 8vo. Brussels, 1855.
—— —— Notes et dissertations relatives À l’histoire de l’imprimerie. Pamphlet, 8vo. Brussels, without date. (From Vol. XVIII of the Bibliophile Belge.)
HOLTROP JOH. GUIL. Catalogus Librorum SÆculo XVº Impressorum, quotquot in Bibliotheca Regia Hagana asservantur. 8vo. Hagae-Comitum, 1856.
—— —— Monuments typographiques des Pays-Bas au quinziÈme siÈcle. Folio. La Haye, 1868.
HUMPHREYS H. NOEL. A History of the Art of Printing from its Invention, etc. Folio. Second Issue. London, 1868.
JACKSON JOHN and CHATTO W. A. A Treatise on Wood Engraving, etc. Second Edition. 8vo. London, 1861.
JACOB P. L. (Lacroix.) CuriositÉs de l’histoire des arts. 16mo. Paris, 1858.
JOHNSON J. Typographia, or the Printers’ Instructor, including an Account of the Origin of Printing. 24mo. 2 vols. London, 1824.
KONING JACQUES. Dissertation sur l’origine, l’invention, et le perfectionnement de l’imprimerie. 8vo. Amsterdam, 1819.
LACROIX PAUL (Bibliophile Jacob), E. FOURNIER et F. SERÉ. Histoire de l’imprimerie et des arts et professions, etc. Imperial 8vo. Paris, 1852.
LA CAILLE JEAN DE. Histoire de l’imprimerie et de la librarie oÙ l’on voit son origine et son progrÉs jusqu’en 1689. 4to. Paris, 1689.
LAMBINET P. Recherches historiques, littÉraires et critiques sur l’origine de l’imprimerie. 8vo. Brussels, an VII.
LANZI ABATE LUIGI. The History of Painting in Italy, etc. Translated by Thomas Roscoe. 12mo. 3 vols. London, 1852.
MADDEN J.-P.-A. Lettres d’un bibliographe. Series I to IV. Royal 8vo. Versailles and Paris, 1868–1875.
MAITTAIRE M. Annales Typographici ab Artis InventÆ Origine ad annum MDCLXIV. 4to. 5 vols. Hagae-Comitum, 1719–1741.
MARCHAND PROSPER. Histoire de l’origine et des prÉmiers progrÈs de l’imprimerie. 4to. La Haye, 1740.
MEERMAN G. Origines TypographicÆ. 4to. 2 vols. Hagae-Comitum, 1765.
MERLIN R. Origine des cartes À jouer, etc. 4to. Paris, without date.
MOXON JOSEPH. Mechanick Exercises: or the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the Art of Printing. Small 4to. London, 1683.
MUNSELL JOEL. A Chronology of Paper and Paper Making. 8vo. Albany, 1870.
NICHOLS ——. The Origin of Printing, etc. 8vo. London, 1774.
OTTLEY WILLIAM YOUNG. An Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of Engraving upon Copper and on Wood. 2 vols. 4to. London, 1816.
—— —— An Inquiry concerning the Invention of Printing, etc., with an Introduction by J. Ph. Berjeau. 4to. London, 1863.
PASSAVANT J. D. Le Peintre-Graveur. 8vo. 6 vols. Leipsic, 1860.
RINGWALT J. LUTHER. American EncyclopÆdia of Printing. Imperial 8vo. Philadelphia, 1871.
SANTANDER SERNA DE LA. Dictionnaire bibliographique choisi du quinziÈme siÈcle. 8vo. 3 vols. Brussels, 1805–1807.
SAVAGE WILLIAM. Practical Hints on Decorative Printing. 4to. London, 1822.
SCHOEPFLIN JO. DANIEL. VindiciÆ TypographicÆ. 4to. Strasburg, 1760.
SEIZ J. C. Annus Tertius SÆcularis InventÆ Artis TypographicÆ. 8vo. Haarlem, 1743.
SISMONDI J. C. L. SIMONDE DE. Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe. 12mo. 2 vols. New-York, 1860.
SOTHEBY S. LEIGH. The Typography of the Fifteenth Century, etc., exemplified in a Collection of Fac-similes. Folio. London, 1845.
—— —— Principia Typographica. The Block-Books, or Xylographic Delineations, etc. Folio, 3 vols. London, 1858.
SKEEN WILLIAM. Early Typography. 8vo. Colombo, Ceylon, 1872.
THOMAS ISAIAH. History of Printing in America, etc. ... with a concise view of the discovery of the art. 8vo. 2 vols. Worcester, 1810.
TIMPERLEY C. H. A Dictionary of Printers and Printing, etc. Royal 8vo. London, 1839.
TYMMS W. R. and WYATT, M. D. The Art of Illumination as Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times. Royal 8vo. London, without date.
VAN DER MEERSCH P. C. Recherches sur la vie et les travaux des imprimeurs Belges et NÉerlandais, etc. Royal 8vo. Gand et Paris, 1856.
VAN DER LINDE. The Haarlem Legend of the Invention of Printing by Lourens Janszoon Coster Critically Examined. From the Dutch by J. A. Hessels, with an Introduction, etc. 8vo. London, 1871.
WEIGEL T. O. and ZESTERMAN. Die AnfÄnge der Druckerkunst in Bild und Schrift, etc. Imperial 4to. 2 vols. Leipsic, 1866.
WETTER J. Kritische Geschichte der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst durch Johann Gutenberg zu Mainz. 8vo. 1836.
WOLTMANN ALFRED. Holbein and His Time. Translated by F. E. BunnÈtt, 8vo. London, 1872.
WOLF JO. CHRISTIAN. Monumenta Typographica, qvÆ Artis hujus prÆstantissimÆ Originem, Laudem et Abusum posteris produnt, etc. 16mo. 2 vols. Hamburg, 1740.

Clyx.com