English and Scottish Printing Types, 1501-35, 1508-41 by Frank S. Isaac (b. 1882), editor - 1930

Oxford: Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, 1930. First Edition. Very Good. WITH: ISAAC. English & Scottish Printing Types, 1535-58, 1552-58. Oxford: Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, 1932. Series: Facsimiles and Illustrations, Nos. II and III. Two Volumes. 4to. 11 1/4 x 9 inches. Half-titles, title pages printed in black and red, alphabetic lists of printers, each set of figures introduced by short biographical vignettes of the printers, 98 facsimile figures of printing samples and title pages on plates in each volume; text clean, unmarked. Uniformly bound in tan cloth spines, brown paper over boards, spines and front covers titled in black, top edge gilt, added clear mylar dust-jackets; binding square and tight, light shelf wear to jacket. Very Good. Preface by Alfred William Pollard. The Annals of English Printing had a high percentage of undated books from the output of English presses for the first half of the sixteenth century. Isaac's work provides a means of correlating types with printers and a rough estimate of the time the types were in use.