siegfred taubert (4 Ergebnisse)

cloth. 8vo. cloth. 319 pages. First edition. The first address directory for the African book trade.

origi.Broschur, kl.4°, 15 Seiten. Umschlag etwas fleckig und gestaucht, sonst guter Zustand.

First edition. 4to. 2 volumes: xxv, 123 [facing pages in four columns, one for each of the language versions, the fourth with illustrations]; ix, 523 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, line drawings, old prints, facsimiles, documents, etc., volume two with 42 mounted color plates, some folding. Historical illustrated survey of the book world, in three languages. British prospectus from the Penguin Press laid in (London, 1966; 4to, eight pages, illustrated, color illustrated wrappers). Bookplate on front pastedown of each volume, else very good. Textured tan cloth, leather spine labels (scuffed), publisher's plain board slipcase. (10607).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Volume I: xxv, (1) , 123, (1) pages. Volume II: ix, (1) , 523, (1) pages. Slipcase. Advertising brochure for this set included. Text is tri-lingual in English, French and German. Weight: 3.4 kilograms. "Throughout its history the book trade with all its branches and variants has inspired artists of various ages and countries to depict its many activities. "Bibliopola" offers the first iconography of such material, chosen from European, Asiatic, American and African sources. In Volume II, on 258 plates in chronological order - of which 42 in colour - book stores, antiquarian and second-hand bookshops, circulating libraries, itinerant booksellers, book auction sales, scenes inside bookshops, print sellers and whoever else belongs to this great familt are shown. Each plate is accompanied by bibliographical notes and an explanatory description. The introductory Volume I contains 300 details from the plates divided into thematic groups. "; Folio.