Main entry:

Oswald, John Clyde, 1872-1938, author.

Title & Author:

A history of printing : its development through five hundred years / by John Clyde Oswald ...

Publication:

New York, [NY] ; London : D. Appleton and Company, 1928.

Description:

xx, 403 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-391) and index.
Cradle books -- John Gutenberg of Strasbourg and Mainz -- Fust and Schoeffer -- The first "tourist" printers -- Augsburg, the most interesting fifteenth-century printing center -- Anthony Koberger, the first captain of the printing industry -- The early printers of Cologne -- The first printers of Italy -- The early printers of Venice -- Aldus Manutius, great printer, publisher, and editor -- Froben and Erasmus -- The early printers of France -- Early printing in Spain -- Printing in the Low Countries -- William Caxton and his contemporaries -- From William Caslon to William Morris -- Early printing in America -- The printing press crosses the Mississippi -- The first printers in Canada, Greenland, and Alaska -- Fine printing -- Private presses -- Type-making -- Type faces -- The story of engraving -- Paper -- The evolution of the printing press -- The binding of books -- Education in the printing trade -- Organization in the printing trade.

Subject:

Printing History.
Printers.
Imprimerie Histoire.
Imprimeurs.
printers (people)
Printing

Form/genre:

Printed books United States New York New York 20th century Specimens.
History

Added entries:

Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress)

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 107255
Call No.: PO4846 Z128 REF; ID:86-B21552
Status: Available