Annals of Parisian typography, Containing an account of the earliest typographical establishments of Paris; and notices and illustrations of the most remarkable productions of the Parisian Gothic Press: Compiled principally to shew its general character; and its particular influence upon the early English press
by Greswell, Rev William Parr
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for Cadell and Davies [. . . ], 1818 Book. Good. Hardcover. xii, 356 pages + 12 plates. 1 of the plates is folding. In modern leather binding - not the best. Bookplate to the front pastedown of Richard Martin Baxter. A cutting from a bookseller's catalogue is pasted to the front free end paper. Staining and spotting to pages throughout. Occasional very brief modern pencil notes to margins. The frontispiece was once torn along the inner edge and seems to have been repaired during the rebinding process.
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- Bookseller
- Stephen Rench (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012658
- Title
- Annals of Parisian typography, Containing an account of the earliest typographical establishments of Paris; and notices and illustrations of the most remarkable productions of the Parisian Gothic Press: Compiled principally to shew its general character; and its particular influence upon the early English press
- Author
- Greswell, Rev William Parr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Printed for Cadell and Davies [. . . ]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1818
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography, books and printing;
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Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire
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