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The golden compasses : A history and evaluation of the printing and publishing activities of the Officina Plantiniana at Antwerp: PB 397-2003

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The golden compasses : A history and evaluation of the printing and publishing activities of the Officina Plantiniana at Antwerp

Maker(s)

Author: Voet, Leon
Publisher: Vangendt & Co.
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Writer: Carter, Harry

Categories

Description

By Leon Voet.

V. 1. Christophe Plantin and the Moretuses.--v. 2. The managing of a printing and publishing house in Renaissance and Baroque

Letter tipped in on front pastedown of vol. 1: Harry Carter to John Dreyfus dated 11.8.1974.

2 v. : illus ; 26 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Amsterdam
  • London
  • Abingdon

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

1969 CE - 1972 CE

Note

Both volumes bound in green cloth, gold stamped. With dust-jackets.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 397-2003
Primary reference Number: 98343
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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