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Title(s)
Typographical antiquities, or, The history of printing in England, Scotland and Ireland : containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them / begun by the late Joseph Ames ... considerably augmented by William Herbert ... and now greatly enlarged with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings ; comprehending the history of English literature, and a view of the progress of the art of engraving in Great Britain by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin ...
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Published/Created
London : Printed for William Miller ..., by William Savage ..., 1810-1819.
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Physical Description
4 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Z151 .A512+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Z151 .A512+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Illustrations engraved by Henry Hoppner Meyer, Thomas Hodgetts and William Say; after Henry Edridge, Thomas Cook, George Romney, and Sir William Beechey.
British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 is small paper copy (29 cm.), bound in 4 vols., in olive morocco and elaborately tooled in gold, with gauffered edges. Vol 1 has t.p. with imprint that reads: London : Printed for William Miller ..., by William Savage ..., 1810.
Copy 2 is large paper copy (38 cm.) and is bound in 8 vols. Vol. 1 has t.p. with imprint that reads: London : Printed by William Savage ..., for William Miller ..., [n.d.].
Copy 2 belonged to the Minto family and has the bookplate of Harry Lawrence Bradfer-Lawrence.
Vols. 1-2 published 1810-12; v. 3, 1816, by J. Murray; v. 4, 1819, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown.
"Memoirs of Joseph Ames" by ... Richard Gough: v. 1, p. 19-51. "Some account of William Herbert" by the editor: v. 1, p. 71-95. "List of authors consulted and referred to": v. 1, p. 375-379. -
Subject Terms
Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L. (Harry Lawrence) -- Bookplate. | Bulmer (W.) and Co. -- Printer. | Engraving -- Great Britain. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown -- Publisher. | Miller, William -- Publisher. | Minto family -- Provenance. | Murray, John -- Publisher. | Printers -- Great Britain. | Printing -- Great Britain -- History. | Savage, William -- Printer.
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Form/Genre
Etchings -- 1810-1819. | Mezzotints -- 1810-1819. | Stipple engravings -- 1810-1819. | Woodcuts -- 1810-1819. | Wood engravings -- 1810-1819.
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