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The distribution of books by catalogue from the invention of printing to A.D. 1800, based on material in the Broxbourne Library The distribution of books by catalogue from the invention of printing to A.D. 1800, based on material in the Broxbourne Library: PB 13-2006

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The distribution of books by catalogue from the invention of printing to A.D. 1800, based on material in the Broxbourne Library The distribution of books by catalogue from the invention of printing to A.D. 1800, based on material in the Broxbourne Library

Maker(s)

Author: Pollard, J. G.
Author: Ehrman, Albert
Publisher: Roxburghe Club
Printer: Crutchley, Brooke

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Description

By Graham Pollard and Albert Ehrman.

Spine title: The distribution of books by catalogue to A.D. 1800.
Corrigenda/addenda slip laid in between tipped on back pastedown,
"Dedicated and presented to the President and Members of the Roxburghe Club by Albert Ehrman 1965" -- p. [v].
With bibliographical footnotes and index.
Inscription: Presented to John Dreyfus by Albert Ehrman. With very many thanks for all the time & thought you have devoted to the production of this book, which has made it the outstanding success it is. March 17 1965.

Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Note on abbreviations -- 1. The fifteenth century -- 2.Catalogues of the sixteenth-century printers -- 3. The German book fair catalogues -- 4. The "Latin trade" in England -- 5. Seventeenth-century catalogues in other countries -- 6. The English retailer’s reference books -- 7. English daybooks, trade cards, and individual catalogues -- 8. Catalogues in books -- 9. Proposals -- 10. Inventories -- 11. Auction sales -- 12. Institutional library catalogues -- 13. The private library open to scholars -- 14. The personal library -- Addendum -- The Broxbourne material.

Xxiv, 426 p. : ill., map ; 34 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Cambridge (Cambs.)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2006) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1965

Note

Binding in quarter leather with leather coloured red and gold lettering on the spine.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 13-2006
Primary reference Number: 140925
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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