Books & Libraries
Bibliologia · 29 articles · Principal contributors · All subjects-
Ambrosian, Library (AMBROSIANA, BIBLIOTECA)
AMBROSIAN, LIBRARY. - The Ambrosiana Library belongs to the number of the great libraries erected through the munificence of learned… -
Bibliographic Classification, Systems of (CLASSIFICAZIONE BIBLIOGRAFICA, SISTEMI DI)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION, SYSTEMS. — The need for a systematic ordering of bibliographic material for the purpose of immediate… -
Binding (LEGATURA)
BINDING. - By binding is meant the art of firmly sewing the gatherings of a book and enclosing them between two boards of solid material to… -
Blado, Antonio
BLADO, ANTONIO. - Celebrated 16th-century printer, b. in Lombardy (Asolo or Piadena?) in 1490, d. in Rome between 17 and 27 March 1567. He… -
Bodoni, Giovanni Battista
BODONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - The most famous printer of the 18th century, born at Saluzzo on 16 February 1740, died at Parma on 30 November… -
Book (LIBRO)
BOOK. - This name is properly given to the writing material which, after suitable preparation, is used to receive and disseminate the… -
Caligraphy (CALCOGRAFIA)
CALIGRAPHY. - A word formed from the Greek terms χαλκός (copper) and γράφο (I write), which properly denotes the technique of intaglio… -
Canevari, Demetrio
CANEVARI, DEMETRIO. - Italian scholar, physician, philosopher and bibliophile, b. in Genoa on 9 March 1559, d. in Rome on 22 Sept. 1625. He… -
Castaldi, Pamfilo
CASTALDI, PAMFILO. - Italian physician and printer, b. at Feltre around 1398 (Sept. 22?), d. perhaps at Venice after 1479. The scanty… -
Catalogue (CATALOGO)
CATALOGUE. - The word (from the Greek καταλέγω) properly denotes the orderly listing of a category of objects; applied to bibliology it… -
Coster, Laurens
COSTER, LAURENS. - A Dutchman from Haarlem (his real name was Janszoon), who lived in the middle of the > COSTA RICA - 1) State borders; 2)… -
Didot Family (DIDOT, FAMIGLIA)
DIDOT FAMILY. - Famous French printers and booksellers, perhaps originally from Lorraine, but who carried on their activity in Paris from… -
Estienne, Family (ESTIENNE, FAMIGLIA)
ESTIENNE, FAMILY - Frontispiece of the Ars versificatoria by Ulrich von Hutten, Paris 1528. and, strained, beyond logic and current… -
Ex Libris
EX LIBRIS. - A mark consisting of a small sheet generally applied to the pastedown of the front cover of a book, indicating its owner by… -
Fumagalli, Giuseppe
FUMAGALLI, GIUSEPPE. - Bibliographer, b. in Florence on 27 July 1863, d. there on 11 May 1939. He directed the Braidense Library in Milan,… -
Han, Ulderico
HAN, ULDERICO. - German printer, a native of Ingolstadt, d. in Rome before 1480. His activity took place in Rome from 1467 to 1471, then… -
Jenson, Nicola
JENSON, NICOLA. - Printer, b. at Sommervöre (Haute-Marne), d. at Venice in Sept. 1480 or 1482. Having come to Italy in 1470, he opened his… -
Library (BIBLIOTECA)
LIBRARY. - From the Greek βιβλιοθήκη, a repository of books. It is a collection of books chosen according to organic criteria of subject… -
Library Science (BIBLIOTECONOMIA)
LIBRARY SCIENCE. - Library science (or, as it was also called with a term that met with no success, bibliothecology) is the science (others… -
Literary Property (PROPRIETÀ LETTERARIA)
LITERARY PROPERTY. - The "most sacred and most precious of properties" was legally recognized for the first time by a decree of the French… -
Lithography (LITOGRAFIA)
LITHOGRAPHY. - From the Greek λίθος ("stone") and γραφία ("writing"). It generically denotes any engraving (writing, drawing, figure, etc.)… -
Maioli, Tommaso (MAIOLI, TOMASO)
MAIOLI, TOMMASO. - Italianized name of the bibliophile Thomas Mahieu, secretary to Catherine de' Medici from 1549 to 1560, d. around 1572,… -
Manuzio, Famiglia
MANUZIO, FAMILY. - ALDO the ELDER, celebrated publisher and humanist, b. at Bassiano (Rome) in 1449. He studied at Rome and Ferrara, was… -
Marches Printing Houses (MARCHE TIPOGRAFICHE)
MARCHES PRINTING HOUSES. - Printers' marks (or devices, or printers' insignia) are the symbolic signs used since the earliest incunabula… -
Marcolini, Francesco
MARCOLINI, FRANCESCO. - Bookseller, publisher and printer, b. in Forlì in the early years of the 16th century and d. in Venice after 1559.… -
Plantin, Christophe
PLANTIN, CHRISTOPHE. - One of the most distinguished and active printers of the 16th century, creator of a typographic-publishing… -
Pomba, Giuseppe (POMBA, GIUSEPPE,)
POMBA, GIUSEPPE, - Bookseller, printer and publisher, b. in Turin on 4 Feb. 1795, d. there on 3 Nov. 1876. He began his career in 1807 as a… -
Typography (TIPOGRAFIA)
TYPOGRAPHY. - The discovery of printing, whose consequences were to be incalculable, was favored by the circumstance that copyists could no… -
Xylographic Books (Fr. Livres xylographiques; Eng. Blockbooks; Ger. Blockbücher) (XILOGRAFICI, LIBRI (FR. LIVRES XYLOGRAPHIQUES; INGL. BLOCHBOOKS; TED. BLOCHBÜCHER))
XYLOGRAPHIC BOOKS (Fr. Livres xylographiques; Eng. Blockbooks; Ger. Blockbücher). - A bibliographic term designating small books composed…