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TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES OR THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN ENGLAND SCOTLAND AND IRELAND: CONTAINING MEMOIRS OF OUR ANCIENT PRINTERS, AND A REGISTER OF THE BOOKS PRINTED BY THEM.
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
4 Volumes.

- London : William Savage for William Miller 1810-1819 - 4to. - contemporary tree calf, gilt decoration on spine and at edges of boards; raised bands on spine, leather spine labels,marbled edges. - xx, 95+(1), cxxxviii, 390,(2) pages with 14 separate plates; (ii), v+(i),32,xii,33-399+(1),x(sic xii),401-574,ii,575-614 pages with 15 separate plates; (iv),iv, 615,(3) pages with 6 separate plates; (iv),ii,(ii),623+(1) pages with 3 separate plates - Order Nr. 109501 - Price: $ 825.00

Enlarged reprint of 1785-90 edition. (Besterman 5119, 5120; Windle & Pippin A15; Bigmore & Wyman I,7; Jackson no. 26; Lowndes I, 36-7 - "an invaluable work, which is much to be regretted has not been completed for want of sufficient encouragement"). A bio-bibliography of 111 English printers, from Caxton to the middle of the Elizabethan age (c. 1590). This edition enlarged and illustrated from the earlier edition by Joseph Ames and William Herbert. Frontispiece in each volume. Dedication to the Marquis of Bute. "Advertisement" by Dibdin. List of subscribers headed by H.M. King George III. Preface by Ames with memoirs of his life by Richard Gough. Also includes preface by Herbert with a memoir of his life. Includes history of early engraving and printing, Discusses the lives and works of William Caxton and many other early English printers. Each volume includes numerous copper-engraved and woodcut illustrations and facsimiles. A great reference work for the history of English printing. Marbled edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Boards bumped and scuffed, some detached. Parts of spine chipping. Bookplates on front pastedowns and free endpapers. Some fading and foxing in text.

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MODERN CHIVALRY by Gore, Catherine Grace Frances and Harrison Ainsworth (ed... Contains the George Cruikshank etchings and volume one vignette along with the sections of text immediately related to them. Originally published in "Ainsworth's Magazine." Rebound attractively. Minor scuffing.