Incunables Bogotanos - Siglo XVIII German Romero, Mario

Small tape marks on ttile and end page (likely from original protective cover). Neat catalogue inscprition in pencil on blank leaf page. ExLibris stamps on some pages & ExLibris Label of Canning House Library (Shown to have been presented by the British Embassy) ; Original quarter bound red leather with marbled paper binding. Raised bands on spine with gilt lettering & decorations. Marbled endpapers & vignette on loose endpages. Facsimiles of covers of each indvidual work accompanied by extensive annotations. A landmark scholarly study of early printing in colonial New Granada, this 1959 volume by the Colombian bibliographer Mario Germán Romero surveys the earliest books printed in Bogotá during the eighteenth century. Romero sets out the context of the city s fledgling presses, profiles printers & workshops, & traces the circulation of texts religious, legal, scientific, & occasional across the viceregal capital. Organised as a descriptive catalogue, entries typically note imprint details, format, pagination where known, & notable copies, with Romero s commentary illuminating typographical features, woodcuts & ornaments, & the sometimes tangled histories of sponsorship & censorship. An essential reference for Latin American book history, colonial studies, & bibliographical research, it remains a cornerstone resource for identifying and dating Bogotá imprints of the period. ; 25 cm x 17.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 240 pages Original Quarter Bound Leather with Marbled Paper Binding