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A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE, 1501-1600 IN CAMBRIDGE LIBRARIES.
Adams, H.M.
2 volumes.
Reprint of the first edition published in Cambridge by the University Press in 1967. One of the most important books in the field and one of the basic works of bibliography for antiquarian bookselling. About 45,000 printed books are described with collations. In addition to the thousands of listings of books, there are two sets of indices to printers and publishers, one by name and the other by locations.
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SPECIMEN BOOK OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS JOHN WILSON AND SON...
by University Press
Type specimens offered by the press. Frontispiece, photograph of the press's plant. Includes a historical sketch, dating its beginnings to 1639, when Joseph Glover of London engaged the services of printer Stephen Day. Although Glover died enroute to Massachusetts, Rev. Henry Dunster, first president of Harvard, provided oversight of the press's operations. In 1879, John Wilson and Charles Wentworth became proprietors, adding to it the firm John Wilson & Son. Facsimile title page of a 1640 Psalm book included, along with black and white illustrations of a 1661 New Testament and the first press in America included. Index. Some examples of the work of Will Bradley. Boards soiled and scuffed at edges. Recased with original spine laid down on newer cloth. New endpapers. Old library stamp in corner of a few pages. Very scarce book.
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