TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES: OR AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF PRINTING IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: CONTAINING MEMOIRS OF OUR ANCIENT PRINTERS, AND A REGISTER OF BOOKS PRINTED BY THEM FROM THE YEAR 1471 TO THE YEAR 1500. Considerably augmented, both in the Memoirs and Number of Books by William Herbert.
THREE VOLUMES
London: Printed for the Editor [sic] William Herbert, 1785-1790. thick 4to. Vol I is modern cloth, Vol II and III are contemporary calf with gilt on spine, five raised bands. frontis., ii],[i]-iv,xliv,[i blank],684,[2 blanks],[1 index],[1 blank]; [ii],685-1308,[2 index]; [ii],1309-1875,[1]pp. THREE VOLUMES. Herbert's continuation and revision of Ames' celebrated 'Typographical Antiquities', which was first published in 1749. A result of years of research, this is a mammoth compilation of biographical information on early British and Irish..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES: OR AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF PRINTING IN...
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