Ventes live - Lot 1014
[Incunabula]
Uitvinding der boekdrukkunst [...]. Met ene voorreden en aantekeningen van Henrik Gockinga; hierachter is gevoegt ene lyst der boeken, in de Nederlanden gedrukt voor 't jaar MD opgestelt door Jakob Visser.
Amsterdam, (H. Aaltsz for) P. Van Damme, 1767
€ 150 / 200
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Description du lot
2 parts in 1 vol., 4to: [16]-117-[1], [4]-67-[1] pp., 1 pl. (browning, damp stained throughout, occ. foxing).
Contemp. brown calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands and labels (worn).
First edition of the Dutch translation by J. Visser (1724-1804) of Meermans' (1722-1771) "Origines typographicae". The second part contains the first incunable catalogue of the Low Countries ever printed, with 600 titles. Ill. with a portrait of Laurens Janszoon Coster, regarded by some in the Netherlands as having invented printing first.
Ref. STCN 29673697X. - ILC, vii-viii. - Adam, R. - Vivre et imprimer dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux. Turnhout, Brepols, 2018, I:15-16.