Scope and Content Note
The Printers' and Publishers' Marks Collection of Otto Vollbehr (1872-1945) spans the years 1490-1820, with the bulk of the material dating from 1536-1699. The specimens are organized into a single alphabetical series, by country, city, printer, and date.
The content of the volumes from which they were taken, to infer from the title pages, is primarily religious or legal. It is likely that these title pages and other cuttings were taken from volumes that were destined to be discarded; many of them are stamped as duplicates.