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[ORLANDI, PELLEGRINO ANTONIO.] Origine e Progressi della Stampa, o sia dell'Arte Impressoria e Notizie dell'Opere Stampate dall'Anno M.CCCC.LVII. sino all'Anno M.D. 5 full-page woodcuts of printers' devices. [8], 448, [2] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum with morocco lettering piece; light dampstaining along top edges, scattered foxing, few pencil marginalia. Thomas Perkins bookplate. (Bologna, 1722)
first edition of a bibliographical survey of 15th-century printing, organized chronologically by printing location, listing some 2500 editions. Besterman 5029; Bigmore & Wyman II, 95.
