The Printed Book: Its History, Illustration and Adornment: From the Days of Gutenberg to the Present TimeBouchot, Henri
History
The Printed Book: Its History, Illustration and Adornment: From the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time
Bouchot, Henri
Bookbinding -- History; Books; Books -- History; Illustration of books; Printing -- History
Venice, first printers, 35;
first title-page printed at, 50;
sixteenth century work, 102;
seventeenth century, 159;
libraries of, 302.
Verard, Antony, printer in Paris, 68, 76;
his Books of Hours, 78.
Versailles, printing office of the Minister for War, 215.
Vinci, Leonardo da, influence on book illustration, 103.
Vitré, Antoine, publisher of Paris, 172.
Voragine, "Golden Legend," Venice, 1518, 103.
Vostre, Simon, printer in Paris, 68;
his Books of Hours, 70.
Vyel, Andrew, printer at Palermo, 35.
Walchius, story of Fust's visit to Paris, 28.
Walter, John, printer of the _Times_, 216, 249.
Water marks in paper, 251.
Watervliet, Marc Laurin de, bindings for, 272.
Watteau, engraver, 187.
Wechel, printer in Paris, 128.
Wensler, Michael, printer at Macon, 47.
Westminster, Caxton first printer at, 37.
Westphalia, John of, printer at Louvain, 1474, 37, 67.
Whittingham, Charles, printer, 223.
Woériot, Peter, engraver of emblems, 135.
Wohlgemuth, Michael, designs for the _Schatzbehalter_, 60.
Wolfenbüttel, public library of, 299.
Woodcuts, first book printed with, 48.
Wood engraving, revival of, 209, 213, 230.
Wynken de Worde, early English printer, 37, 95.
Xylographs of the fifteenth century, 8.
Zainer, Gunther, printer at Augsburg, 58.
Zell, Ulrich, pupil of Gutenberg, 25, 30, 36.
Zwoll, book illustration at, 67.
Transcriber's Note
In this text version, symbols and Greek letters in the text are replaced
by their name, enclosed in square brackets, e.g. [phi], [double cross].
In addition, oe ligatures are replaced with the letters oe, and
superscripts are introduced with the caret character, e.g. XVIII^e
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