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The history of printing in America : with a biography of printers, and an account of newspapers : to which is prefixed a concise view of the discovery and progress of the art in other parts of the world : in two volumes

Title
The history of printing in America : with a biography of printers, and an account of newspapers : to which is prefixed a concise view of the discovery and progress of the art in other parts of the world : in two volumes / by Isaiah Thomas.
Author
Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831.
Publication
Worcester : Isaiah Thomas, Jun., 1810

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Description
2 v. (487 p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded); 576 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded)) : ill., facsims.; 23 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • "Various kinds of paper": v. 1, p. 34-45; "Papermaking" (in ancient Mexico and Peru): v. 1, p. 211-213; "Paper mills": v. 2, p. 529-531. For other references to paper, cf. index.
  • "The paper on which this work is printed, was manufactured in Worcester, at a mill built some years since; which has been for some time past owned by Elijah Burbank"--V. 1, p. 213.
  • Illustrations (in v. 2): 2 prints : etching ; full-page and plate mark 18 x 20 cm. Captions: "Cylindric printing presses"; "An Indian gazette".
  • The plates in v. 1 are engraved facsims. of early printing specimens.
  • "Catalogue of booksellers in the colonies, from the first settlement of the country to the commencement of the revolutionary war, in 1775": v. 2, p. 409-450.
  • Includes index.
Indexed In (note)
  • Sabin
  • Shaw & Shoemaker
  • Bigmore & Wyman
  • Nichols, C.L. Worcester (2nd ed.)
Call Number
Schlosser 787
LCCN
02006033
OCLC
  • 1917653
  • NYPG90-B59687
Author
Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831.
Title
The history of printing in America : with a biography of printers, and an account of newspapers : to which is prefixed a concise view of the discovery and progress of the art in other parts of the world : in two volumes / by Isaiah Thomas.
Imprint
Worcester : Isaiah Thomas, Jun., 1810 ([Worcester] : Isaac Sturtevant)
Indexed In:
Sabin 95405
Shaw & Shoemaker 21483
Bigmore & Wyman, III, p. 9
Nichols, C.L. Worcester (2nd ed.), 546
Local Note
Provenance: F.L.S. (stamped on spines).
Added Author
Burbank, Elijah.
Bancroft Collection.
Research Call Number
Schlosser 787
*IPG (Thomas, I. History of printing in America)
*KAF (America) (Thomas, I. History of printing in America)
*KAY (Thomas, I. History of printing in America) Library has: v. 2
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