Specimen-notice for the disposal of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia typographica : an extensively i...
Specimen-notice for the disposal of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia typographica : an extensively illustrated work in three volumes, imperial quarto, half-bound, uncut on the block-books, or xylographic delineations of scripture history issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, during the 15th century ; their connexion with the origin of printing, and the character of the water-marks on the paper of the period.
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Publisher
[London : Leigh, Sotheby and John Wilkinson, 1858]
Date
1858]
Call Numbers
RICHARDSON/ F265
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Language
English
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Physical content
[3] p., 1 leaf , xvi, [25] p., 8 plates : facsims. ; 35 cm.
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Publisher
[London : Leigh, Sotheby and John Wilkinson, 1858]
Analytical title
Principia typographica.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1858]
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Specimen-notice for the disposal of Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby's Principia typographica : an extensively illustrated work in three volumes, imperial quarto, half-bound, uncut on the block-books, or xylographic delineations of scripture history issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, during the 15th century ; their connexion with the origin of printing,...
Variant title
Principia typographica.
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"Only two hundred and fifty copies printed, of which two hundred and twenty copies will be sold by public auction, by Mr. John Wilkinson, of the firm of Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby and John Wilkinson, at their house ... on Wednesday, May 5, 1858 ..."
Contains the introduction, list of plates, indexes and some plates from the Principia.
Rare Books copy : Has bookplate of Nelson Moore Richardson and Helen Morewood Richardson Collection of Bibles. Bequeathed 1926. At head of bookplate: Mitchell Library, Sydney, N.S.W.. Inscribed inside front cover: Nelson Moore Richardson, Montevideo, near Weymouth....
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RICHARDSON/ F265
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74VMyx85XRxZ
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991002219219702626
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