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Campioni dei caratteri esistenti nella Tipografia della Rev. Camera Apostolica preceduti da un cenno storico sull’arte tipografica
1853LL 603<p>TYPOGRAPHIC SPECIMENS OF THE VATICAN PRINTING HOUSE. Folio 342x255 mm; original cloth with title impressed in gold on upper cover; half-title leaf title-page leaf printed in blue red and gold within a triple border as well printed in blue red and gold a leaf with the advice to reader pp. VIII 62 plates and 4 plates containing many samples of fonts text printed in Italian Latin Greek Copic French also with sample of numbers music typographical borders tailpieces etc. last 4 plates: " Campioni dei tratti di penna" so calligraphic samples. Francesco Salviucci belonging to a well-known family of Roman typographers director of the Typography of the "Reverenda Camera Apostolica" describes a vast sample of the printing characters present in the typography preceded by a brief excursus on typographic art in general. In addition to the characters there are various friezes and engravings including the image of a steamship probably the first of the Papal State. Maggs cat. n. 509; Books on Printing Part II Books From Famous Presses 15th To 20th Century.</p> Tipografia della Rev. Camera Apostolica hardcover
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