Typographical Antiquities 4 Volume Set: Or, The History of Printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland (4 Paperback books)

Joseph Ames , Edited by William Herbert , Thomas Frognall Dibdin

ISBN 10: 110807717X / ISBN 13: 9781108077170

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2015

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1st edition. 2632 pages. 11.25x8.25x5.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Typographical Antiquities 4 Volume Set: Or, The History of Printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland (4 Paperback books)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110807717X
• ISBN 13: 9781108077170
• Binding: 4 Paperback books
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 6.66 kilograms

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Synopsis

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. The lives of Ames and Herbert are followed by discussions of printers from Caxton to Thomas Hacket.

Book Description

This four-volume work on the early history of printing, published between 1810 and 1819, was enlarged by Thomas Frognall Dibdin from the previous works of Joseph Ames and William Herbert. The lives of Ames and Herbert are followed by discussions of printers from Caxton to Thomas Hacket in the late 1500s.