We have at PPL one of the finest history of printing collections in the United States (possibly THE finest in terms of public libraries). One lovely little nugget I have run across was published in Madrid around 1680, and according to a colleague who really knows his stuff, was the third book published in Spanish devoted entirely to the art and practice of printing, with instructions to compositors (type-setters).
There are only two or three copies known to exist, and our copy is the only copy I have found in the United States
>For those interested in purchasing a circulating copy, Calambur published a new edition of this work in 2002:Author: Paredes, Alonso Víctor. de Title: Institución y origen del arte de la imprenta y ‘reglas generales para los componedores’ / por Alonso Víctor de Paredes ; edición y prólogo de Jaime Moll ; nueva noticia editorial de Víctor Infantes Publisher: Madrid : Calambur,. 2002Description: XXIX, 48 p. : graf. bl. y n. ; 25 cm Serie: Biblioteca litterae ; 1 Subjects: Imprenta-Composición-S.XVI Other authors: Moll, Jaime. Infantes, Víctor –Patricia FigueroaCurator of Iberian and Latin American CollectionsBrown University Library
>Regarding my last posting: the book I listed has 128 pages (not 48). It’s still in print as of 2007and the price is 12 euros:http://www.calambureditorial.com/index.php?producto=15197§ion=catalogo&pagina=producto&idioma=es–Patricia FigueroaCurator of Iberian and Latin American CollectionsBrown University Library
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