Kegan Paul Trench Trubner, London, first edition, 1893. Cloth, gilt cover-title and device, 8vo,. xii, 219 pp, 11 plates. Aims to give a short account of the introduction of printing into the principal countries and towns of Europe, confining the treatment so far as possible to facts rather than theories, and drawing attention to more out of the way information rather than regurgitating previously published accounts. Contents: I Steps Towards the Invention; II The Invention of Printing; III Spread of Printing in Germany; IV Italy; V France; VI The Low Countries; VII Spain and Portugal - Denmark and Sweden; VIII Westminster: Caxton - Wynkyn de Worde - Julian Notary; IX Oxford and St. Alban's; X London: John Lettou - William de Machlinia - Richard Pynson; XI The Spread of the Art in Great Britain; XII The Study of Bookbinding; XIII The Collecting and Describing of Early Printed Books; Index of Printers and Places. Armorial bookplate of W. G. Lacy and later booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpaper, head of spine worn, covers rubbed and slightly faded, tissue-guard browned, otherwise Good.

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Bookseller: Wykeham Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BIBLIO-50980
Title: Early Printed Books
Author: Duff, E.G
Format/Binding: Cloth, gilt cover-title and device, 8vo,
Book Condition: Used - Armorial bookplate of W. G. Lacy and later booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpaper, head of spine
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner, London, first edition, 1893
Date Published: 1893
Pages: xii, 219 pp, 11 plates
Keywords: Books About Books. Printing History Origin and antecedents. Incunabula Bibliography Duff, E. Gordon
Bookseller catalogs: Rare Books;

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We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.

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