POLONIA typographica saeculi sedecimi. A collection of likenesses of the printing stock of the Polish presses of the sixteenth century. Fasc. 1-...

POLONIA typographica saeculi sedecimi. A collection of likenesses of the printing stock of the Polish presses of the sixteenth century. Fasc. 1-12. breslau 1968-1981. ossolineum. folio. Original cardboard folders (1-7), original half-calf folders (8-12).
Stains of one folder, tears and small losses of several folders, inside very good condition. Publisher's set. Monumental work containing a total of 600 plates with likenesses of illustrations, printers' signets, ornaments, fonts of old Polish printing houses, essential for proper identification of old Polish prints of the XVI century. Each portfolio is accompanied by a text with a discussion of the history and production of individual printing houses and a detailed description of old prints. It was published in an edition of 520-1000 copies. Compiled under the editorship of A. Kawecka-Gryczowa. Cont.: fasc. 1: Kasper Hochfeder, Krakow 1503-1505, fasc. 2: Jan Haller, 1505-1525, fasc. 3: Florian Ungler's first printing house, 1510-1516, fasc. 4: Jan Haller, 1505-1525, fasc. 5-7: Florian Ungler's second printing house, 1521-1536, fasc. 8: Alexander Augezdecki, Königsberg-Szamotuły 1549-1561, fasc. 9-10: Maciej Wirzbięta, Kraków 1555/7-1605, fasc. 11: Maciej and Paweł Wirzbięta, Kraków 1555/7-1609 [Change of subtitle: Polish Presses of the 16th Century. Monographs and likenesses of printing resources], fasc. 12: Maciej Szarfenberg, Cracow 1527-1547.