Early printed books as material objects proceedings of the conference organized by the IFLA Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, Munich, 19-21 August 2009 ; [pre-conference on "Early printed books as material objects: principles, problems, perspectives"

The papers collected in this volume discuss descriptive methods and present conclusions relevant for the history of the book production and reception. Books printed in Europe in the 15th and 16th century still had much in common with manuscripts. They are not mere textual sources, but also material objects whose physical make-up and individual features need to be taken into account in library projects for cataloguing and digitization. Preface / Rolf Griebel -- Introduction / Bettina Wagner -- Copy-specifics In The Printing Shop / Paul Needham -- The Gutenberg Bibles That Survive As Binder's Waste / Eric Marshall White -- The First Experiments In Book Decoration As The Fust-schöffer Press / Mayumi Ikeda -- Information From Illumination : Three Case Studies Of Incunabula In The 1470s / Lilian Armstrong -- Producing, Buying And Decorating Books In The Age Of Gutenberg : The Role Of Monasteries In Central Europe / Christine Beier -- Colour Plates -- Pomponio Leto's Unpublished Commentary On Sallust : Five Witnesses (and More) / Patricia J. Osmond -- Leonardo Da Vinci's 'mona Lisa' In A Marginal Note In A Cicero Incunable / Armin Schlechter -- Links Between A Fifteenth-century Printer And A Binder / Claire Bolton -- The German Database Of Historical Bookbindings (ebdb) : Aims And Perspectives Of A Cooperative Research Tool / Ulrike Marburger -- Bookbindings On Incunabula In American Library Collections : A Working Census / Scott Husby -- The Venetian Booktrade : A Methodological Approach To And First Results Of Book-based Historical Research / Cristina Dondi -- Private Libraries In Sixteenth-century Italy / Angela Nuovo -- Quatre Siècles D'histoire De La Bibliothèque Vettori : Entre Vénération Et Valorisation / Raphaële Mouren -- The 'biography Of Copies' : Provenance Description In Online Catalogues / Michaela Scheibe -- Creating A Better Past : Collectors Of Incunabula In The Late Eighteenth Century / Kristian Jensen -- Deconstruction And Reconstruction : Detecting And Interpreting Sophisticated Copies / Margaret Lane Ford -- The Idea(l) Of The Ideal Copy : Some Thoughts On Books With Multiple Identities / Wolfgang Undorf -- The Importance Of The Copy Census As A Methodology In Book History / David Pearson. Edited By Bettina Wagner And Marcia Reed. Pre-conference On 'early Printed Books As Material Objects--principles, Problems, Perspectives', Which Was Held As A Satellite Meeting To The Annual Congress Of The International Federation Of Library Associations (ifla) In Milan, Italy--page V. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. In English; One Entry In French.