Creator:

Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879

Title:
Masterpieces of the early printers & engravers : a series of facsimiles from rare and curious books, remarkable for illustrative devices, beautiful borders, decorative initials, printers' marks, elaborate title-pages, &c. / By H. Noel Humphreys ...
Published / Created:

London : Henry Sotheran & Co., 1870.

Physical Description:
vi p., [53] leaves, [72] leaves of plates : ill., facsimiles ; 37 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Z240 .H93+ Oversize
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:

British Art Center and Beinecke copies printed on ordinary paper as issued with title, head- and tail-pieces, and initials in black.

"Wyman & Sons, Printers, Great Queen St. London, W. C."

Initials, head-and tail-pieces.

Subject Terms:
Sotheran (Henry) & Co. -- Publisher. | Wyman & Sons -- Printer. | Printing -- Specimens. | Illustrated books -- History -- 15th and 16th centuries. | Type and type-founding.
Form/Genre:
Chromoxylographs -- 1870. | Wood engravings -- 1870.