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  • Mediaeval Arabic bookmaking and its relation to early chemistry and pharmacology / Martin Levey.

    • Muʻizz ibn Bādīs, Prince of Africa, 1007 or 1008-1062.
    Date
    1962
    • Books
  • Annual bibliography of the history of the printed book and libraries.

    • International Federation of Library Associations. Committee on Rare and Precious Books and Documents.
    • Journals
  • The book in Japan : a cultural history from the beginnings to the nineteenth century / by Peter Kornicki.

    • Kornicki, Peter F. (Peter Francis)
    Date
    1998
    • Books
  • The case for books : past, present, future / Robert Darnton.

    • Darnton, Robert.
    Date
    [2009], ©2009
    • Books
  • Medizin & Kunst = Medicine & art / Kapiteltexte: Ghislaine Lawrence ; Objektbeschreibungen: Renate Burgess... [and others] ; Photos: Chris Carter.

    • Lawrence, Ghislaine.
    Date
    2003
    • Books
  • The culture of the book in the Scottish enlightenment : an exhibition / with essays by Roger Emerson [and others].

    • Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
    Date
    2000
    • Books
  • Bibliographie der alchemistischen Literatur / edited by Volker Fritz Brüning.

    • Brüning, Volker Fritz.
    Date
    2004-
    • Books
  • The Festival of Britain exhibition of books / arranged by the National Book League at the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1951.

    • National Book League (Great Britain)
    Date
    1951
    • Books
  • Script, print and the internet : the early-modern book and its readers : papers presented on 9 November 2007 at the CERL Seminar hosted by the Universitetsbibliotek, Uppsala / edited by David J. Shaw.

    • Shaw, David.
    Date
    2008
    • Books
  • L'enfer de la Bibliothèque, Eros au secret / sous la direction de Marie-Françoise Quignard, et Raymond-Josué Seckel.

    • Bibliothèque nationale de France.
    Date
    [2007], ©2007
    • Books
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