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Title

  • Masterpieces of the early printers & engravers : A series of facsimiles from rare and curious books, remarkable for illustrative devices, beautiful borders, decorative initials, printers' marks, elaborate title-pages, &c

Other Title

  • Masterpieces of the early printers and engravers

Names

  • Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : H. Sotheran & Co., 1870.

Headings

  • -  Printing--Specimens
  • -  Illustrated books--History--15th and 16th centuries
  • -  Type and type-founding

Notes

  • -  Large paper copy, with title in red and black, and initials and captions in red.
  • -  Issued also in ordinary paper with title, initials, etc., in black.
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-03-25 update (1 card)

Medium

  • vi p., 53 l. : 70 (i. e. 72) pl. (incl. facsims.) ; 46 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Z240 .H93
  • Z240 .H93 Copy 5 Issued in ordinary paper with title, initials, etc., in black. Armorial book-plate of Howard C. Levis.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 03025392

OCLC Number

  • 3325712

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Humphreys, Henry Noel, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Masterpieces of the early printers & engravers: A series of facsimiles from rare and curious books, remarkable for illustrative devices, beautiful borders, decorative initials, printers' marks, elaborate title-pages, &c. London: H. Sotheran & Co, 1870. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03025392/.

APA citation style:

Humphreys, H. N. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1870) Masterpieces of the early printers & engravers: A series of facsimiles from rare and curious books, remarkable for illustrative devices, beautiful borders, decorative initials, printers' marks, elaborate title-pages, &c. London: H. Sotheran & Co. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03025392/.

MLA citation style:

Humphreys, Henry Noel, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Masterpieces of the early printers & engravers: A series of facsimiles from rare and curious books, remarkable for illustrative devices, beautiful borders, decorative initials, printers' marks, elaborate title-pages, &c. London: H. Sotheran & Co, 1870. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/03025392/>.