THE INVENTION OF PRINTING, A COLLECTION OF FACTS AND OPINIONS DESCRIPTIVE OF EARLY PRINTS AND PLAYING CARDS, THE BLOCK-BOOKS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, THE LEGEND OF LOURENS JANSZOON COSTER, OF HAARLEM AND THE WORK OF JOHN GUTENBERG AND HIS ASSOCIATES.
- New York: Francis Hart and Co., 1878.
- thick 8vo.
- original cloth
- (iv), 557 pages.
Price: $175.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 14617
Second edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 167). Illustrated with many facsimiles of early types and woodcuts. Some of the illustrations are in color. A very important book in the study of early printing. Very light wear at spine ends. Inside hinges cracked. Exlibris bookplate of John Muntinga Shaw. Well-preserved copy.
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