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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.

  • 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.
    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
    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 broadsheet., Some colour illustrations and portraits., and Essay booklet, type specimens, and folder constructed out of...
    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 Friedlander (1903-1984) --...
    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.