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Dutch Typography in the Sixteenth Century: The Collected Works of Paul Valkema Blouw: 18
Author(s): Paul Valkema Blouw (Author), Paul Dijstelberge (Editor), A R a Croiset Van Uchelen (Editor)
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: 7 Jun. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 1020 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004256547
- ISBN-13: 9789004256545
Book Description
By minutely analysing the typefaces, initials, vignettes and other ornaments used, drawing from his extensive knowledge of secondary literature, archival information and his unrivalled typographic memory, he not only managed to attribute a surprising number of these publications to a printer, but also could establish the period of time in which, as well as the places where, they must have been printed.
These findings and the ways in which they were reached are described in the present collection of papers. They are of paramount importance to scholars engaged in research of the period concerned, whether in the field of church history, national history or book history
Editorial Reviews
Review
Andrew Pettegree, University of St Andrews.
“Valkema Blouw’s essays will be of great importance for a long period”.
Willem Heijting, Amsterdam. In:
About the Author
Paul Dijstelberge (1956) studied Dutch Language and Literature, Book History and Byzantinology at the University of Amsterdam. He is a Curator in the Special Collections section of Amsterdam University Library, obtained a Ph.D. in 2007 and teaches Book History in the Department of Book and Manuscript Studies, University of Amsterdam. He has published in the fields of literature and book history. In 2012 he has become a member of the editorial board of
Quærendo.Ton Croiset van Uchelen (1936) studied English Language and Literature and Book History at the University of Amsterdam. Until his retirement he was Chief Curator and Deputy Librarian of Amsterdam University Library and was Editor (1970-89) and Senior Editor (1990-2011) of
Quærendo. He has regularly published book historical papers, mainly concerned with 16th to 18th-century calligraphy of the Low Countries.
