Incunabula and Americana 1450-1800 : : A Key to Bibliographical Study / / Margaret Bingham Stillwell.

A history and survey of incunabula and Americana from 1450 to 1800, written in part to help others begin the difficult task of studying the same subject.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1930]
©1930
Year of Publication:1930
Language:English
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Preface --
Contents --
Introduction: The Purpose and Plan of the Book --
Incunabula (1450-1500) --
The Superb Roman Type Employed by Sweynheim and Pannartz: Reproduction of a Page (Reduced) of Strabo's Geographia, Rome [1469] --
I. The Printed Books of the Fifteenth Century --
II. Identification and Collation --
III. Bibliographical Reference Material --
Americana (1492-1800) --
I. Preliminary Survey of Sources and Methods --
II. The Century of Maritime Discovery, 1492-1600 --
III. Two Centuries of Colonial Growth, 1500-1700 --
IV. Later Americana and the Revolutionary Periods --
V. Early Printing in America --
Reference Section --
I. Notes and Definitions --
II. Foreign Bibliographical Terms --
III. Latin Contractions and Abbreviations --
IV. Place-Names of Fifteenth Century Printing Towns --
V. Incunabula: Selected Bibliographies and Monographs --
VI. Fifteenth Century Woodcuts, Etc.: Selected Monographs --
VII. Americana: Selected Bibliographies and Monographs --
VIII. Miscellanea: Selected Monographs --
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Summary:A history and survey of incunabula and Americana from 1450 to 1800, written in part to help others begin the difficult task of studying the same subject.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780231884334
9783110442489
DOI:10.7312/bing91560
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Margaret Bingham Stillwell.