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Four centuries of fine printing : upwards of six hundred examples of the work of presses established during the years 1500 to 1914

Archive Print Item: Large Bibliography G-3.4/MOR

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Type of record: Book

Title: Four centuries of fine printing : upwards of six hundred examples of the work of presses established during the years 1500 to 1914

Level: Item

Classmark: Large Bibliography G-3.4/MOR

Creator(s): Morison, Stanley (1889-1967)

Publisher: Ernest Benn

Publication city: London

Date(s): [1924]

Language: English

Size and medium: xxix, 243 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/193867

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991009193049705181

Description

The illustrations are mainly reproductions of title-pages.


"The edition of this work consists of 390 copies for sale numbered 1-390... 13 special copies ... numbered I-XIII, and ... 100 copies with German text, numbered 391-490."


"Index to printers and publishers": p. 243.

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