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A Paris, chez Bertrand-Quinquet, Imprimeur, rue Germain-L'Auxerrois, no. 53, An VII (= 1798). Halftitle, title, Dedication à Pierre Didot, 2pp avertissement (= 8pp), 288pp. With 10 plates. Nineteenth century half cloth with marbled boards. Titleshield on spine. Nice wide margins. (some waterstaining in the lower margins of a couple of quires, not affecting text & some foxing).
Bigmore & Wyman say about this work: "Twenty pages are devoted to the history of printing, the remainder of the book being of a practical nature. Bertrand, who died in 1808, is only remembered by this work, which is a very ingenious and well-written treatise on the origin, progress and mechanism of printing." And Barbier in his French Letterpress printing says: "A competent manual covering composition, presswork, organization of the shop, and inkmaking... The work was dedicated to 'Pierre Didot, fils ainé, citoyen français, Premier imprimeur de l'Europe', a phrase which was apparently resented by Bodoni. The Traité was also issued, the same year, as a belated part 20 of the Neuchâtel edition of the 'Description des arts et métiers' (1771-83) under the title of 'L'art d'imprimer'.
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- Knuf Rare Books (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102682
- Title
- Traité De L'Imprimerie.
- Author
- BERTRAND-QUINQUET
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bertrand-Quinquet
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1798
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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