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  • Statii Sylvarum libri quinque : Thebaidos libri duodecim, Achilleidos duo

    Alternative Title:
    Statii opera. Aldus 1502. and Works
    Subject:
    Italic type, Printers' marks, Early printed books, Silvae (Statius, P. Papinius), Rare books, Achilleis (Statius, P. Papinius), Colophons, Works (Statius, P. Papinius), Bookbinding, Epic literature, and Thebais (Statius, P. Papinius)
    Creator:
    Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)
    Contributor:
    Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515
    Publisher:
    Venetiis : in aedibus Aldi
    Language:
    gre and lat
    Date Created:
    August 1502
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PA6697 A2 1502
    Extent:
    592 unnumbered pages ; 4 x 6 cm
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Italic type. Printer's device, sig. ep8s (last group of small letters), recto: anchor and dolphin, with name Aldus, and dots. Spaces with guide letters left blank for initials.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books and Book Arts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    poetry, books, and epic poetry
    Date Digitized:
    2024-01
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/20; 263; copy 4 stops; camera 800) by LG. Metadata by KD.

  • Ex Plavti Comoediss. XX.

    Alternative Title:
    Works. and Ex Plauti Comoediis. XX. Quarum carmina magna ex parte in mensum suum restituta sunt M.D.XXII. Index uerborum, quib. paulo abstrusiorib. Plautus utitur. Argumenta singularum Comoediarum. Authoris uita. Tralatio dictionum graecarum.
    Subject:
    Colophons, Drama, Printers' marks, Italic type, Latin drama (Comedy), Comedy plays, Latin drama, and Bookbinding
    Creator:
    Plautus, Titus Maccius
    Contributor:
    Aedes Aldi et Andreae Asulani Soceri and Asulanus, Franciscus, -1546
    Publisher:
    Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri
    Language:
    lat
    Date Created:
    July 1522
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PA6568 A2 1522
    Extent:
    14 unnumbered pages, 284 leaves ; 15 x 21 cm
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Errors in foliation: leaves 39 misnumbered as 32, 104 as 108.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection and Early Printed Books
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books and comedy plays
    Date Digitized:
    2024-01
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/20; 263; copy 4 stops; camera 800) by LG. Metadata by KD.

  • New borders : the working life of Elizabeth Friedlander

    Alternative Title:
    Working life of Elizabeth Friedlander
    Subject:
    Penguin (Firm), Printing, Women type designers, Decorative paper, Friedlander, Elizabeth, 1903-1984, Type and type-founding, Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts), Curwen Press, Graphic design (Typography), Type designers, and Women typographers
    Creator:
    Paucker, Pauline
    Contributor:
    Incline Press, Moss, Graham, 1947-, Lonsdale, Elaine, Conway, Stephen (Stephen P.), and Curwen Press
    Publisher:
    Incline Press
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1998
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: Z250 A2P38 1998
    Extent:
     92 pages ; 33 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    England and Great Britain
    Coordinates:
    52.16045, -0.70312 and 54, -2
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Includes illustrations, facsimiles, and portraits. Erratum pasted in by publisher on page 2. "Gorton, Shorrock & Davies of Ancoats printed [selected] colour plates. ... The patterned paper samples on pages 40 a...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books, specimens, borders (ornament areas), , and biography (general genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2020-10-19
    Technical Note:
    Scanned 19- Oct 2020 on TTI/Betterlight (600DPI TIFF; 1/20; 283; bent 5 tone profile). Metdata by DS

  • Essays

    Subject:
    Transcendentalism, Transcendentalism in art, Transcendental logic, Philosophy, Self-reliance, and Friendship
    Creator:
    Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
    Contributor:
    Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881, Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922, Doves Press, and Walker, Emery, 1851-1933
    Publisher:
    Hammersmith London, England : Doves Press, No. 1 The Terrace
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1906
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    lanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 5476, Special Collections Call Number: PS1608 A2 1906, and Tidcombe, M. Doves Press, DP8
    Extent:
    311 pages ; 24 x 17 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Flexible vellum binding, with some warping. Stamp "The Doves Press" on bottom inside back cover. Small bookplate "Marion C. Walker, her book." Initials printed in red throughout along with names of c...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    essays and books
    Date Digitized:
    2023-12
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on PLUSTEKOptickbook A300 at 600 dpi, no color correction by PD. Most images straightened after scanning, when cropped and resized for Vault. In various places throughout, the ribbon used for binding is visible in the inner margins....

  • Letter from Lily Yeats, [1907-11-07]

    Subject:
    Book designers and Book design
    Creator:
    Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    November 7, 1907?
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    1 page ; 26 x 21 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Ireland--Dublin
    Coordinates:
    53.38046, -6.27113
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Handwritten in black ink. Letterhead in green text: "Embroidery .. Lily Yeats. Hand Press .. Elizabeth C. Yeats. Dun Emer Industries Ltd. Dundrum, Co. Dublin, Ireland."
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    manuscripts (documents), correspondence, and letters (correspondence)
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 1997-015
    Fonds Title:
    Lily Yeats collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC326
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/lily-yeats-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2023-12-01
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on PLUSTEK OpticBook A300 Plus (600DPI; 1 letter) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • The order of chivalry

    Alternative Title:
    L'Ordene de chevalerie, The Ordination of Knighthood, and Llibre de l'orde de cavalleria
    Subject:
    Knights and knighthood and Chivalry
    Creator:
    Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316
    Contributor:
    Morris, William, 1834-1896, Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, and Kelmscott Press
    Publisher:
    Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press
    Location:
    Language:
    eng and fre
    Date Created:
    1893
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PR5080 L85 1893
    Extent:
    150 pages ; 20.5 x 14.5 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Original limp vellum binding. Printed in red and black. Full woodcut border, and numerous 10-line and smaller initials. Wood-engraved frontispiece designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Printed in Kelmscott Chaucer type. I...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    wood engravings (prints), early works, engravings (prints), poetry, printer's marks, books, borders (ornament areas), and colophons (parts of books)
    Date Digitized:
    2024-02
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on Betterlight TTI 600 dpi TIFF (1/20; 246; copy4 tone; camera height 1000) by LG. Metadata by KD.

  • In the seven woods : being poems chiefly of the Irish heroic age

    Subject:
    Irish poetry
    Creator:
    Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
    Contributor:
    Dun Emer Press and Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940
    Publisher:
    Dundrum Ireland : The Dun Emer Press
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1903
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PR5904 I6 1903
    Extent:
    63 pages ; 14.5 x 20.5 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Ireland
    Coordinates:
    53, -8
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Some text printed in red. Includes signatures. Bound in vellum with green cloth ties; title and author tooled in gold on cover; gilt edges.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    poems, poetry, printer's marks, books, colophons (parts of books), signatures (names), and plays (literary genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2024-02
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on PLUSTEK OpticBook A300 Plus (600 dpi; color) by LG. Metadata by KD.

  • Bookbinders Tickets

    Subject:
    Booksellers and bookselling, Bookstores, Bookbinders, Bookbinding industry, Bookbinding, and Book industries and trade
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1900s
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    9 pages ; 21 x 28 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Ontario--Toronto, Alberta--Calgary, Alberta--Edmonton, Saskatchewan, Québec--Montréal, Québec, British Columbia--Vancouver, and British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates:
    49.24966, -123.11934, 45.50008, -73.68248, 53.53713, -113.49488, 51.03503, -114.05201, 54.0001, -106.00099, 52.00017, -71.99907, 48.4359, -123.35155, and 43.69655, -79.42909
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Some notes about the tickets written in pencil.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    booksellers' tickets and binders' tickets
    Archival Item Identifier:
    Accession Number: 2021-029; File: 1.2
    Fonds Title:
    Gayle Garlock collection
    Fonds Identifier:
    SC605
    Is Referenced By:
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/gayle-garlock-collection
    Date Digitized:
    2024-02
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on PLUSTEK OpticBook A300 Plus (600 dpi). Metadata by KD.

  • Oeuvres du marquis de Villette

    Alternative Title:
    Œuvres du marquis de Villette and Works. 1786
    Subject:
    Correspondence, Papermaking, Voltaire, 1694-1778, and Paper
    Creator:
    Villette, Charles-Michel, marquis de, 1736-1793
    Contributor:
    Léorier Delisle, Pierre Alexandre, 1744-1826, Couret de Villeneuve, Louis-Pierre, 1749-1806, and Voltaire, 1694-1778
    Publisher:
    A Londres [that is, Langlée, Montargis, France] : [P.A. Léorier Delisle], MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
    Location:
    Language:
    fre
    Date Created:
    1786
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: PQ2067 V43 1786
    Extent:
    8 unnumbered pages, 156 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : samples ; 13 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    France
    Coordinates:
    46, 2
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Bound in green and black mottled paper ; housed in a green two-fold folder of green cloth with gilt titling on spine ; in a slipcase of marbled paper covered boards.,
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection
    Provenance:
    Gift of the Estate of Dr. Alexander Sokalski, 2018.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    specimens, poems, correspondence, books, and sample books
    Date Digitized:
    2018-03-06/2018-03-08
    Technical Note:
    Item received from SCUA 6Mar2018 - scanned 6-8 Mar2018. Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF -- camera height 500 1/20; 288 ISO; AdobeRGB1998.icc/bent5 tone profile. Enclosures scanned on Plustek Opticbook A300 at 600 dpi TIFFs. Digit...

  • A woman's type : early women type designers in 20th-century book history

    Alternative Title:
    Early women type designers in 20th-century book history
    Subject:
    Women, Graphic design (Typography), Women type designers, History, Book designers, Zapf von Hesse, Gudrun, 1918-2019, Type and type-founding, Henning, Hildegard, 1888-, Schüle, Ilse, 1903-1997, Books, Printers' marks, Friedlander, Elizabeth, 1903-1984, Type designers, Book design, Ballé, Maria (Graphic designer), Baruch, Franzisca, 1900-, Typographers, Type designers--Biography, and Printing
    Creator:
    DeGaine, Lauren Elle
    Contributor:
    Huculak, J. Matthew, 1975-, Digital Direct Printing (Victoria, B.C.), Williams, Stefani, Alexander, Renée, Jenstad, Janelle, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
    Publisher:
    Victoria, BC : Pop Bottle Press, 2021.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    2021
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: Z250 A2D44 2021
    Extent:
    90 pages ; 30 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Publisher's mark on page four of cover., Issued in folder with double pocket; accompanied by five sets of examples, each set printed on individual broadshe...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Book Arts Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    essays, books, biographies (literary genre), typefaces (type forms), type specimens (documents), and booklets
    Date Digitized:
    2022-02-03
    Transcript:
    Introduction -- Elizabeth Colwell (1881-1961) -- Hildegard Henning (b. 1888) -- Friedel Thomas (1895-1956) -- Maria Ballé (?-?) -- Franzisca Baruch (1901-1989) -- Galina Andreevna Bannikova (1901-1972) -- Ilse Schüle (1903-1997) -- Elizabeth ...
    Technical Note:
    Scanned on BetterlightTTI at 600 dpi (cover and pages: 1/20; 263; copy4; camera height 650; booklet: 1/20; 283; copy4; camera height 650; scanned under glass) by PD. Metadata by KD.