Showing posts with label printers' marks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label printers' marks. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

As a Man Signs His Name to Every Letter He Sends out, so the Baker Puts His Mark on Every Loaf of Bread He Makes (1612, 1901)

Emil Braun, The Baker’s Book: A Practical Hand Book of the Baking Industry in All Countries, Volume 1 (New York City: Emil Braun, 1901), 17.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

1527 Printer's Mark (1890)

Mark of Simon de Colines, printer at Paris, 1525
Henri Bouchot. The Book, Its Printers, Illustrators, and Binders from Gutenburg to the Present Time. (London: H. Grevel and Company, 1890).

Friday, June 3, 2011

Observations on the Mystery of Print (1937)





Hendrik Willem Van Loon, Observations on the Mystery of Print (New York: Book Manufacturer's Institute, 1937).


Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The Neal Publishing Company (1905)

Janie Screven Heyward, Wild Roses (New York and Washington: The Neal Publishing Company, 1905).

Monday, November 8, 2010

Chapter in the History of Typography (1893)

William Roberts, Printers’ Marks: A Chapter in the History of Typography
(London: George Bell & Sons, 1893.)


“One of the boldest of the early 16th century examples is that employed by Galliot Du Pré, Paris . . .”
William Roberts, Printers’ Marks: A Chapter in the History of Typography
(London: George Bell & Sons, 1893) 5.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Printers’ Marks (1893)

William Roberts, Printers’ Marks: A Chapter in the History of Typography
(London; New York: George Bell & Sons, 1893) 25.


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