Typographical antiquities, Volume 3: or, The history of printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland

When this work was published, its original author had been dead for fifty years. As the title page explains, the work of Joseph Ames (1687–1759) was considerably augmented by William Herbert (1718–95), and then 'greatly enlarged, with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings&#...

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1. Verfasser: Ames, Joseph 1689-1759 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Herbert, William 1718-1795 (HerausgeberIn), Dibdin, Thomas Frognall 1776-1847 (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2015
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge library collection. History of printing, publishing and libraries
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Zusammenfassung:When this work was published, its original author had been dead for fifty years. As the title page explains, the work of Joseph Ames (1687–1759) was considerably augmented by William Herbert (1718–95), and then 'greatly enlarged, with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings' by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776–1847), several of whose other works are also reissued in this series. Ames' history of printing, based on his own collection, was published in 1749, as an aid to booksellers in identifying old works (and modern forgeries). Herbert, a printseller and bibliophile, acquired Ames' own interleaved copy of the work and intended to enlarge it, but died having completed only three of six proposed volumes. His working copies then passed to Dibdin, who eventually published this four-volume edition between 1810 and 1819. Volume 3 considers the lives and work of printers from William Faques to Nicholas Bourman
Beschreibung:Originally published in London, printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street, by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St. James's in 1816
Beschreibung:1 online resource (iii, 615 pages)
ISBN:9781139878586
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139878586