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Book/Printed Material Specimen of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia typographica, an extensively illustrated work, in three volumes, imperial quarto, on the block-books, or xylographic delineations of Scripture history issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, during the fifteenth century

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Title

  • Specimen of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia typographica, an extensively illustrated work, in three volumes, imperial quarto, on the block-books, or xylographic delineations of Scripture history issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, during the fifteenth century; on their connexion with the origin of printing, and on the character of the water-marks in the paper of the period

Names

  • Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861

Created / Published

  • London, 1858.

Headings

  • -  Block books
  • -  Printing--History--Origin and antecedents
  • -  Watermarks

Genre

  • Bookplates (Provenance)--DLC
  • Presentation copies (Provenance)--DLC

Notes

  • -  New title-page, notice, and list of purchasers ([4] p.) distributed June 1, 1858. Original t.-p. reads: Specimen-notice for the disposal of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia topographica [etc.]
  • -  Contains the introduction, list of plates, indexes and some extra plates from the Principia.
  • -  Form AACR2: vj56 1/29/85.
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-03-26 no edits (5 cards)
  • -  LAC ael 2021-08-05 update (3 cards)

Medium

  • 4 p.l., xvi, [25] p. 8 pl. (double) incl. facsims. 35 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Z240 .S7125 1858
  • Z240 .S7124 1858 Copy 2 Copy 2. Without indexes and plates. With: Principia typographica / Samuel Leigh Sotheby. London : Printed for the author by W. McDowall, 1858. Vol. 1, copy 2.
  • Z240 .S7124 1858b Contains 19 plates. Inscribed on flyleaf: "This enlarged copy of the Specimen ... is presented to ... John Davy, Esq." Includes ms. letter from the author to John Davy and other related memorabilia inserted. Book-plate of Howard C. Levis. With: Principia typographica / Samuel Leigh Sotheby. London : Printed for the author by W. McDowall, 1858. Vol. 3, issue 2.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 03025368

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
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Chicago citation style:

Sotheby, Samuel Leigh. Specimen of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia typographica, an extensively illustrated work, in three volumes, imperial quarto, on the block-books, or xylographic delineations of Scripture history issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, during the fifteenth century; on their connexion with the origin of printing, and on the character of the water-marks in the paper of the period. London, 1858. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03025368/.

APA citation style:

Sotheby, S. L. (1858) Specimen of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia typographica, an extensively illustrated work, in three volumes, imperial quarto, on the block-books, or xylographic delineations of Scripture history issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, during the fifteenth century; on their connexion with the origin of printing, and on the character of the water-marks in the paper of the period. London. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03025368/.

MLA citation style:

Sotheby, Samuel Leigh. Specimen of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia typographica, an extensively illustrated work, in three volumes, imperial quarto, on the block-books, or xylographic delineations of Scripture history issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, during the fifteenth century; on their connexion with the origin of printing, and on the character of the water-marks in the paper of the period. London, 1858. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/03025368/>.