Printers' and Publishers' Marks in Books for the Greek World - Konstantinos Sp. Staikos

(1494-1821)

KORTE INHOUD

Co-publication. Sales Rights: worldwide except USA. Available in the USA from OAK KNOLL PRESS (ISBN 9781584562702).

This book contains reproductions of the printers’ and publishers’ marks of all those – both Greeks and non-Greeks – who printed or published books for Greek readers from the dawn of typography until just before the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821. Their aim was to preserve the historical memory of the modern Greeks, to foster the use of the Greek language and to uphold the Orthodox faith. Also reproduced here are the crests and coats of arms of the rulers of the Danubian principalities who actively supported the publication and dissemination of Greek books in the East. Some of the devices are the marks of well-known printing houses where Greek scholars and calligraphers were largely responsible for he accuracy of the texts and the visual appearance of the book, such as the firms of Aldus Manutius in Venice and Robert Estienne in Paris. All this printing and publishing activity,...
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2009Uitgever: Hes & de Graaf PublishersVertaler: Timothy Cullen252 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte:  325x235x24ISBN-10: 9061942500ISBN-13: 9789061942504

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