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Books in chains, and other bibliographical papers

Title
Books in chains, and other bibliographical papers / London, E. Stock, 1892.
Author
Blades, William, 1824-1890.
Publication
Detroit : Gale Research Co., 1968.

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lx, 232 pages : frontispiece; 19 cm
Subject
  • Chained books
  • Printing > Origin and antecedents
  • Signatures (Printing)
  • Greek type
Note
  • Four of the articles originally appeared in The Book-worm, Jan. 1869-May 1888.
Contents
Introduction, by H. B. W.--Books in chains: Wimborne Minster. England and abroad.--The use and development of signatures in books.--The early schools of typography.--On the present aspect of the question: Who was the inventor of printing?--De ortu typographiae.--Early Greek types of the Royal Printing Office, Paris, and the chancellor of Cambridge University.--The first printing-press in England, as pictorially presented.
LCCN
68030610
OCLC
  • 21707
  • ocm00021707
  • SCSB-3875809
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries