As part of a large collection of "books about books" and the history of printing, typography, leaf books, fine press books, marbling, parchment and paper, book-binding and book collecting, and the book arts, we offer here a handsome copy of

Horatio F. Brown, THE VENETIAN PRINTING PRESS 1469-1800: AN HISTORICAL STUDY BASED UPON DOCUMENTS FOR THE MOST PART HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED. Amsterdam,: Gerard Th. van Heusden, 1969. xxi + 463 pages.

The foundational study for anyone interested in the history of printing in Venice. Chapters treat Johon of Speyer and Nicolas Jenson, Typography, Aldus Manutius and his heirs, Books before Legislation, Books after Legislation, the GUild of Printers and Booksellers, the Inquisition, the Index and the book trade, Clement VIII, Paolo Sarpi, and much more.

This book retails in this condition for up to US$150. 

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