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An account of the German morality-play, entitled Depositio cornuti typographici, as performed in the 17th and 18th centuries. With a rhymical translation of the German version of 1648.

Title
An account of the German morality-play, entitled Depositio cornuti typographici, as performed in the 17th and 18th centuries. With a rhymical translation of the German version of 1648. By William Blades, typographer. To which is added a literal reprint of the unique original version, written partly in Plaat-deutsch by Paul de Vise, and printed in 1621.
Author
Blades, William, 1824-1890.
Publication
London, Trübner, 1885.

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Description
113 p. incl. facsims. front., illus.; 24 x 18 cm.
Subject
  • Depositio cornuti typographici
  • Printing > Germany > History
Note
  • Initials, head and tail peices; frontispiece from Gessner's Buchdruckerkunst (1743); six facsimile title-pages.
Contents
The social status of German printers in olden times.--The printers' Depositio described.--John Rist's version.--The Depositio at the universities--Various ceremonies similar to the Depositio.--Origin, growth, decadence and extinction ot the Depositio.--Bibliography.--Depositio typographi anglicani.--Appendix.--Index.
Call Number
*IPO (Blades, W. Account of the German morality-play, entitled Depositio cornuti typographici)
LCCN
02023155
OCLC
1737087
Author
Blades, William, 1824-1890.
Title
An account of the German morality-play, entitled Depositio cornuti typographici, as performed in the 17th and 18th centuries. With a rhymical translation of the German version of 1648. By William Blades, typographer. To which is added a literal reprint of the unique original version, written partly in Plaat-deutsch by Paul de Vise, and printed in 1621.
Imprint
London, Trübner, 1885.
Research Call Number
*IPO (Blades, W. Account of the German morality-play, entitled Depositio cornuti typographici)
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