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William Caxton, the first English printer : a biography
Knight, Charles (1791-1873)
1844
Revised and reissued as pt. I of Knight's Old printer and the modern press, 1854.
A history of the art of printing : from its invention to its wide-spread development in the middle of the 16th century : preceded by a short account of the origin of the alphabet and the successive methods of recording events and multiplying ms. books before the invention of printing
Humphreys, Henry Noel (1810-1879)
1867
"The first issue consists of 300 numbered copies... After their dispersion, a small second issue will be made, and the stones are guaranteed then to be destroyed"--Slip tipped in LC copy.
Francisci Petrarcae Vergilianus codex : ad Publii Vergilii Maronis diem natalem bis millesimum celebrandum quam simillime expressus atque in lucem editus
Virgil; Horace; Donatus, Aelius; Galbiati, Giovanni (1881-1966); Martini, Simone (1283-1344); Petrarca, Francesco (1304-1374); Statius, P Papinius; Servius
1930
Contents of codex (facsimile): First unnumbered leaf, notes, and notice of Laura -- fol. 1 verso, full page miniature by Simone Martini, da Siena -- fol. 2-16, Bucolica -- fol. 16 verso-52, Georgica -...