A PAIR ON PRINTING; Atkyns' The Original and Growth of Printing, William Caslon and the First English Type Specimen Book, Reproduced in Facisimile With Introduction By.
by Bliss, Carey S
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- Condition
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
North Hills, PA,: Bird & Bull Press,, 1982. Book. Fair. Limited Edition of 500,. pp., 137, bound in Dutch natural linen by Gray Parrot, facsimiles printed on Mohawk Text, the introductory texts composed in Van Dijck types and printed on Frankfurt paper. Carey S. Bliss, curator of rare books, Huntington Library, is the author of several books on such diverse subjects as printing history, private presses, Western Americana and the bibliography of transcontinental auto travel . (From the original prospectus which is laid in.) Richard Atkyns' 1664 work is the first English book written on the subject of printing Size: 8 Vo.,.
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RE 1081
- Title
- A PAIR ON PRINTING; Atkyns' The Original and Growth of Printing, William Caslon and the First English Type Specimen Book, Reproduced in Facisimile With Introduction By.
- Author
- Bliss, Carey S
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- Limited Edition of 500,
- Publisher
- Bird & Bull Press,
- Place of Publication
- North Hills, PA,
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- PRINTING, LIMITED EDITIONS, FINE WILLIAM CASLON, TYPE SPECIMEN BOOK, BIRD & BULL, EDITION, CAREY S BLISS,
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Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....