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Book/Printed Material Typographical antiquities : the history of printing in Great Britain

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Title

  • Typographical antiquities : the history of printing in Great Britain

Names

  • Ames, Joseph, 1689-1759
  • Herbert, William, 1718-1795
  • Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [London : s.n., 1809?]

Headings

  • -  Caxton, William,--approximately 1422-1491 or 1492
  • -  Incunabula--England--Bibliography--Catalogs
  • -  England--Imprints

Notes

  • -  The portion of Ames' Typographical antiquities (v. 1, p. 1-24 2nd group) entitled: Account of books printed by Caxton. No more printed.
  • -  William A. Jackson indicates in his An annotated list of the publications of the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1965) that location of this vellum ed. unknown from the time of its sale at Sotheby's June 2, 1908.
  • -  Paper t.p. with p. [1]-24 on vellum.
  • -  LC copy of the large paper issue of Ames' Typographical antiquities (v. 1) includes 2 manuscript letters from T.F. Dibdin to the printer W. Savage relating to this projected vellum copy.
  • -  LAC knj 2019-05-01 update (2 cards)

Medium

  • 24 p. ; 48 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Z151 .A5122 1809

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 85116090

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ames, Joseph, William Herbert, Thomas Frognall Dibdin, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Typographical antiquities: the history of printing in Great Britain. [London: s.n., ?, 1809] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/85116090/.

APA citation style:

Ames, J., Herbert, W., Dibdin, T. F. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1809) Typographical antiquities: the history of printing in Great Britain. [London: s.n., ?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/85116090/.

MLA citation style:

Ames, Joseph, et al. Typographical antiquities: the history of printing in Great Britain. [London: s.n., ?, 1809] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/85116090/>.