Dutch Typography in the Sixteenth Century: The Collected Works of Paul Valkema Blouw

Dutch Typography in the Sixteenth Century: The Collected Works of Paul Valkema Blouw
ISBN-10
9004256555
ISBN-13
9789004256552
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
1020
Language
English
Published
2013-06-07
Publisher
BRILL
Author
Paul Valkema Blouw

Description

When compiling the short-title catalogue of books printed in the sixteenth-century northern Netherlands from 1541 to 1600, Paul Valkema Blouw was confronted with a large number of ‘problem cases’, such as anonymously and/or surreptitiously printed editions, fictitious printers and undated or falsely dated printed works. By minutely analysing the typefaces, initials, vignettes and other ornaments used, drawing from his extensive knowledge of secondary literature, archival information and his unrivalled typographic memory, he not only managed to attribute a surprising number of these publications to a printer, but also could establish the period of time in which, as well as the places where, they must have been printed. These findings and the ways in which they were reached are described in the present collection of papers.

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