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Book/Printed Material German incunabula in the British museum

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Title

  • German incunabula in the British museum : one hundred & fifty-two facsimile plates of fine book-pages from presses of Germany, German-Switzerland and Austria-Hungary printed in the fifteenth century in Gothic letter and derived founts

Names

  • Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967
  • British Museum. Department of Printed Books
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : V. Gollancz limited, 1928.

Headings

  • -  Incunabula--Europe, German-speaking--Facsimiles
  • -  Incunabula--Germany--Facsimiles
  • -  Type and type-founding--Europe, German-speaking--History
  • -  Type and type-founding--Germany--History
  • -  Printing--Europe, German-speaking--History--Origin and antecedents
  • -  Printing--Germany--History--Origin and antecedents
  • -  Printing--Europe, German-speaking--Specimens
  • -  Europe, German-speaking--Imprints
  • -  Printing--Germany--Specimens
  • -  Germany--Imprints

Notes

  • -  Facsimiles part colored.
  • -  "Limited to an edition of the 398 copies for sale with English text."
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-03-25 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 2 p. l., 26 p., 1 l., 152 (i. e. 164) : facsim. on 152 pl. ; 46 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Z240 .M86

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 29010618

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Morison, Stanley, British Museum. Department Of Printed Books, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. German incunabula in the British museum: one hundred & fifty-two facsimile plates of fine book-pages from presses of Germany, German-Switzerland and Austria-Hungary printed in the fifteenth century in Gothic letter and derived founts. London: V. Gollancz limited, 1928. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/29010618/.

APA citation style:

Morison, S., British Museum. Department Of Printed Books & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1928) German incunabula in the British museum: one hundred & fifty-two facsimile plates of fine book-pages from presses of Germany, German-Switzerland and Austria-Hungary printed in the fifteenth century in Gothic letter and derived founts. London: V. Gollancz limited. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/29010618/.

MLA citation style:

Morison, Stanley, British Museum. Department Of Printed Books, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. German incunabula in the British museum: one hundred & fifty-two facsimile plates of fine book-pages from presses of Germany, German-Switzerland and Austria-Hungary printed in the fifteenth century in Gothic letter and derived founts. London: V. Gollancz limited, 1928. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/29010618/>.