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Guide to the Incunabula Collection at Stanford University, 1467-1500
Special Collections Various
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Title: Incunabula Collection at Stanford University,
Date (inclusive): 1467-1500
Collection number: Special Collections Various
Creator:
Stanford University Libraries
Extent:
178 volumes
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: The collection contains 178 volumes printing during the first fifty years after moveable type printing presses came into existence.
These incunabula (literally "in the cradle") works demonstrate the evolution of printing conventions during the first few
decades of the new technology.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
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Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Acquired as purchases and gifts from a variety of sources
[Identification of item], Incunabula Collection at Stanford University, Various, Dept. of Special
Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection contains 178 volumes printing during the first fifty years after moveable type printing presses came into existence.
These incunabula (literally "in the cradle") works demonstrate the evolution of printing conventions during the first few
decades of the new technology.