Typographical antiquities [electronic resource] : or an historical account of the origin and progress of printing in Great Britain and Ireland: containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of books printed by them, from the year MCCCCLXXI to the year MDC. Begun by the late Joseph Ames, ... Considerably augmented, both in the memoirs and number of books, by William Herbert, ... In three volumes.
1785
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Typographical antiquities [electronic resource] : or an historical account of the origin and progress of printing in Great Britain and Ireland: containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of books printed by them, from the year MCCCCLXXI to the year MDC. Begun by the late Joseph Ames, ... Considerably augmented, both in the memoirs and number of books, by William Herbert, ... In three volumes.
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Ames, Joseph, 1689-1759.
Publication Details
London : printed for the editor, and sold by Mr. T. Payne and Son, Mr. Benjamin White, Mr. L. Davis, Mr. Dodsley, Mr. Robson, Mr. Nichol, Mess. Leigh and Soleby [sic], Mr. Collins, and the rest of the booksellers of Great Britain and Ireland, 1785-90.
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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3v.(iv,[4],xliv[i.e.xliii],[1],1875,[1]p.),plates : ill.,ports. ; 4⁰.
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Vol.2 is dated 1786; vol.3 1790.
The imprint to vol.3 reads: " .. Mess. Leigh and Sotheby, Mr Sewell, Mr. Collins, Mr. S. Hayes, Mr. J. Hayes, .. " - With a list of subscribers.
P.xliii misnumbered xliv.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The imprint to vol.3 reads: " .. Mess. Leigh and Sotheby, Mr Sewell, Mr. Collins, Mr. S. Hayes, Mr. J. Hayes, .. " - With a list of subscribers.
P.xliii misnumbered xliv.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T139672.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Herbert, William, 1718-1795.
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