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British Printers Pre-1600

British Printers Pre-1600

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This title is part of the "Nico Editions" imprint, which re-publishes works relating to the history of the book. Each series of works provides sub-series of books on specific subject areas, published in groups of six to 12 volumes. Additionally, there are one-off projects of multi-volume works, as well as collections of articles on themed topics extracted from journals and similar sources. Works are selected from all major languages and make available scholarly and rare works on all aspects of the history of the book from the dawn of printing to the 20th century. This nine-volume set on the history of printing includes the 1844 edition of "William Caxton, the First English Printer" by Charles Knight.

Table of Contents:
"Typographical Antiquities, being an Historical Account of Printing in England, Memoirs of the Ancient Printers and a Register of Books Printed by Them from the Year 1471 to the Year 1600" by Joseph Ames, enlarged edition by Thomas Frognall Dibdin, 4 vols, 1810-19 edition plus Index, 1899 - 2650pp, 290 x 210mm (This rare work contains a vast amount of information on the history of English printers); "William Caxton, the First English Printer" by Charles Knight, 1844 edition - 240pp, 216 x 138mm (Knight was a publisher and chronicler of the book trade); "William Caxton 1424-1491" by Henry Robert Plomer, 1925 edition - 195pp, 216 x 138mm (This work assesses Caxton's importance within the printing trade, and forms a biographical extension to Blade's work); "Robert Wyer, Printer and Bookseller" by Henry Robert Plomer, 1897 edition - 77pp, 216 x 138mm (Wyer was an East Anglian printer at work up to 1556, and this account has facsimiles of types and devices); "The Biography and Typography of William Caxton, England's First Printer" by William Blades, 1877 edition - 396pp, 216 x 138mm (A key work on all aspects of Caxton's involvement and influence in printing); "Annals of Scottish Printing from the Introduction of the Art in 1507 to the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century" by Robert Dickson and John Philip Edmond, 1890 edition - 546pp, 290 x 210mm (including chapters on Walter Chepman, Andrew Myllar and Thomas Davidson); "Wynkyn de Worde and his Contemporaries from the Death of Caxton to 1535" by Henry Robert Plomer, 1925 edition - 264pp, 216 x 138mm (covering Caxton's immediate successors, it includes chapters on Richard Pynson).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781855064959
  • Publisher: Thoemmes Press
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 1855064952
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 1996
  • Language: English


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