CALCOGRAPHIANA: THE PRINTSELLERS CHRONICLE & COLLECTOR'S GUIDE ... ENGRAVED BRITISH PORTRAITS [ 2VOLS IN ONE]
by Caulfield, James
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- Hardcover
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- Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
London: Printed By G Smeeton for J Caulfield Printseller. Good with no dust jacket. 1814. Hardcover. Red, black. white; 2, viii, 163, [2]: [4], xi. [1], 212 pages; Written by or for a key player in the Print trade of the time. Manuscript index. 8vo, contemp calf, gilt, a. E. G. ; scuffed, spine crudely repaired. Frontis. [Bound with: ] CHalcographiana. 8vo, frontis. Scattered light foxing in both titles. #1/350, bound by C. Lewis. Bookplates & signature of Cornelius Paine. A most curious publication encompassing two volumes in one. A penciled not on tile page states that it was written by W H Ireland from information provided by T Coram. .
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- Title
- CALCOGRAPHIANA: THE PRINTSELLERS CHRONICLE & COLLECTOR'S GUIDE ... ENGRAVED BRITISH PORTRAITS [ 2VOLS IN ONE]
- Author
- Caulfield, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Printed By G Smeeton for J Caulfield Printseller
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1814
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