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Early English printing : a series of facsimiles of all the types used in England during the XVth century, with some of those used in the printing of English books abroad: PB 446-2003

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Early English printing : a series of facsimiles of all the types used in England during the XVth century, with some of those used in the printing of English books abroad

Maker(s)

Contributor: Duff, E. Gordon
Publisher: Kegan, Paul & Co.
Printer: Hart, Horace
Printer: Claredon Press

Categories

Description

With an introduction by E. Gordon Duff.

Viii, 40 p., 40 leaves of plates : 64 facsims. on xl plates ; 40 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London
  • Oxford ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1896

Note

Edition limited to 300 copies, of which Museum has no. 291. "Printed by Horace Hart, at the Clarendon Press with types cast from matrices given to the University by Bishop Fell before 1687." -- half-title page verso. Half bound in brown leather, gold stamped on spine with decorations and title; gold fillets; marbled paper sides and endpages.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 446-2003
Primary reference Number: 98445
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 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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