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Title

  • Principia typographica. The block-books, or xylographic delineations of scripture history; issued in Holland, Flanders and Germany, during the fifteenth century, exemplified and considered in connexion with the origin of printing. To which is added an attempt to elucidate the character of the paper-marks of the period

Names

  • Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861

Created / Published

  • London, Printed for the author by W. McDowall, 1858.

Contents

  • v. 1. Holland and the Low countries.--v. 2. Germany.--v. 3. Paper-marks.

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Of the 250 copies printed, 220 were sold at auction May 5, 1858.
  • -  Form AACR2: VJ56 1-29-85.
  • -  Multiple volumes, but only 1 item record; Z240.S7124 1858 Copy 4-- "Ms. Letter from James Richardson to John Scott, dated Dec. 14, 1898, laid in vol. 1; Book-plate of Howard C. Levis." LAC ecr 2019-03-25
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-03-26 no edits (3 cards)

Medium

  • 3 v. facsims. (partly col.) 37 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Z240 .S7124 1858
  • Z240 .S7124 1858 Copy 2 Copy 2. With: Specimen of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia typographica ... London, 1858. Copy 2.
  • Z240 .S7124 1858 Copy 3 Copy 3.
  • Z240 .S7124 1858 Copy 4 Copy 4.
  • Z240 .S7124 1858b Another issue of v. 3. London : [S.L. Sotheby], 1858. Title on t.p. reads: Paper-marks in the early block-books of the Netherlands and Germany ... "Not printed for sale." LC copy inscribed to John Davy. With: Specimen of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia typographica. London, 1858. Copy 3.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 03025369

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Sotheby, Samuel Leigh. Principia typographica. The block-books, or xylographic delineations of scripture history; issued in Holland, Flanders and Germany, during the fifteenth century, exemplified and considered in connexion with the origin of printing. To which is added an attempt to elucidate the character of the paper-marks of the period. London, Printed for the author by W. McDowall, 1858. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03025369/.

APA citation style:

Sotheby, S. L. (1858) Principia typographica. The block-books, or xylographic delineations of scripture history; issued in Holland, Flanders and Germany, during the fifteenth century, exemplified and considered in connexion with the origin of printing. To which is added an attempt to elucidate the character of the paper-marks of the period. London, Printed for the author by W. McDowall. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03025369/.

MLA citation style:

Sotheby, Samuel Leigh. Principia typographica. The block-books, or xylographic delineations of scripture history; issued in Holland, Flanders and Germany, during the fifteenth century, exemplified and considered in connexion with the origin of printing. To which is added an attempt to elucidate the character of the paper-marks of the period. London, Printed for the author by W. McDowall, 1858. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/03025369/>.