Printing and The Mind of Man. Catalogue of Exhibitions at the British Museum and at Earls Court, London, 16-27 July 1963

[FLEMING, Ian] CARTER, John and MUIR, Percy H., editors

Edité par London: F.W. Bridges, 1963

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[Bibliography] FIRST EDITION. A descriptive catalogue illustrating the impact of print on the evolution of Western Civilisation During Five Centuries. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.166. With full-page plates. Publisher's typographic softcovers. An expanded folio hardcover edition was subsequently issued. Minor handling and toning; near fine. Novelist Ian Fleming was the largest private lender to this landmark exhibition. Percy Muir was a book expert who introduced Ian Fleming to book collecting and assembled his important collection of scientific and pioneering books which 'made things happen'. Muir was a regular contributor to The Book Collector journal, of which Ian Fleming was the proprietor, and Fleming was godfather to Muir's daughter Helen.

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• Titre: Printing and The Mind of Man. Catalogue of Exhibitions at the British Museum and at Earls Court, London, 16-27 July 1963
• Éditeur: London: F.W. Bridges, 1963
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: Edition originale
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