Annales typographiae Augustanae [...] ad annum MDXXX. Accedit Francisci Antonii Veith diatribe de origine et incrementis artis typographicae in urbe Augusta Vindelica.

2 parts in 1 vol., 4to: [12]-lxviii-114-[6] pp. (some foxing due to coarse paper).

Contemp. half calf, marbl. paper on covers (sl. duststained), gilt ruled flat spine (rubbed), gilt red and green leather title labels. Good copy.

First edition (2nd: Augsburg 1788-91) of the 1st study and bibliography of early printing at Augsburg. The study (part I) is the work of the Augsburg bookseller F.A. Veith (1731-1796) who later published the "Bibliotheca Augustana" (1785-1796). G.W. Zapf (1747-1810) compiled the Augsburg bibliography 1466-1530, describing many incunables in the Buxheim monastic library and in Augsburg private collections. There are 2 useful additions: a list of books printed in Venice by the Augsburg printer Erhard Ratdolt, and a list of books printed by the Velser firm 1594-1614. Engr. facs. and woodcut ill. in text. 1 folding table.
Ref. Besterman 5108. - Bigmore-Wyman III:111.