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