Catalogue Of Books Printed In The Xvth Century Now In The British Museum

The Catalogue of Books Printed in the XVth Century Now in the British Museum (British Library), generally referred to as BMC, is a monument in the history of the book. BMC followed on from the rearrangement of the Museum's incunabula begun by Robert Proctor on the basis of the comprehensive survey of printing types and presses of the fifteenth century that he had published in 1898 as an 'Index' of the incunabula in the Museum and the Bodleian Library. The Index represented a working-out of the system he had developed for the identification of printers of the incunabula period on the basis of typographical material. The volumes of BMC extend Proctor's principles by providing full descriptions of the incunabula in the collections of the British Museum and making revisions where necessary. The first part appeared in 1908, prepared by A.W. Pollard after Proctor's death in 1903. The most recent part was published in 1985.

This meticulously researched catalogue provides an invaluable resource for scholars and collectors of early printed books. With detailed descriptions and provenance information for each item, this book sheds new light on the printing practices of the 15th century and the role of the British Museum in preserving and promoting these treasures. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Catalogue Of Books Printed In The XVth Century Now In The British Museum: Xylographica And Books Printed With Types At Mainz, Strassburg, Bamberg And Cologne; Part 1 Of Catalogue Of Books Printed In The XVth Century Now In The British Museum; British Museum. Dept. Of Printed Books British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books, Alfred William Pollard, British Library. Dept. of Printed Books Printed by order of the Trustees, 1908 Art; Typography; Art / Typography; Block books; Hebrew imprints; Incunabula; Printing; Printing, Hebrew; Reference / Bibliographies & Indexes