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The Officina Plantiniana collection at the National Library of Lithuania

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The catalogue presents the collection of 16th-18th-century books published at the Plantin-Moretus Printing House and housed at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. It contains bibliographical descriptions of 282 titles (385 copies), an introductory article, indexes of titles, personal names, chronology, and provenances of persons and institutions. The publication groups the books according to the publishers of the Plantin-Moretus dynasty. Each section contains a brief annotation of publisher’s activities in Lithuanian and English and the signature they used. The books are arranged alphabetically by author or by title. The introductory article describes the various ownership marks identified in the Plantin-Moretus Printing House books held at the National Library of Lithuania. The catalogue is supplemented with the illustrations of Plantin-Moretus publications.
Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka
Title: The Officina Plantiniana collection at the National Library of Lithuania
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The catalogue presents the collection of 16th-18th-century books published at the Plantin-Moretus Printing House and housed at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania.
It contains bibliographical descriptions of 282 titles (385 copies), an introductory article, indexes of titles, personal names, chronology, and provenances of persons and institutions.
The publication groups the books according to the publishers of the Plantin-Moretus dynasty.
Each section contains a brief annotation of publisher’s activities in Lithuanian and English and the signature they used.
The books are arranged alphabetically by author or by title.
The introductory article describes the various ownership marks identified in the Plantin-Moretus Printing House books held at the National Library of Lithuania.
The catalogue is supplemented with the illustrations of Plantin-Moretus publications.

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