Collections of wood or ivory tablets, or sheets of paper, parchment, or similar material, that are blank, written on, or printed, and are strung or bound together; commonly many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing; especially, when printed, a bound volume, or a volume of some size.
This term has 2,576 records attributed within our system.
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300028051
<books by conditions of production>
<books by external form>
<books by internal form>
14yrs ago
Contributor:
Britten, Benjamin
Contributor:
Bliss, Arthur
Printer:
Stanbrook Abbey
Author:
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Annotator:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Annotator:
Rossetti, W. M.
Annotator:
Woolner, Thomas
Publisher:
Edward Moxon
Printer:
Bradbury and Evans
Author:
Keats, John
Editor:
Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron
Publisher:
Edward Moxon
Writer:
Murry, J. Middleton
Annotator:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Author:
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward
Contributor:
Johnson, Edgar
Illustrator:
Craemer, Kurt
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Mardersteig, Giovanni
Printer:
Officina Bodoni
Decorator:
Solon, Louis-Marc-Emmanuel
Maker of plaque:
Clauss, Alphonse-Marx
(Probably)
Author:
Füessli, Johann Rudolf
Publisher:
Bey Orell, Gessner, Füesslin und Compagnie
Author:
Du Fresnoy, Charles Alphonse
Translator:
Piles, Roger de
Publisher:
Langlois, Nicolas
Printer:
Muguet, François
Author:
Brown, T. Julian
Designer:
Carter, Sebastian
Printer:
Carter, Sebastian
Printer:
Rampant Lions Press
Binder (person):
Fine Bindery
Author:
Watelet, Claude Henri
Author:
Lévesque, Pierre Charles
Printer:
Prault, Laurent-François
Author:
Burns, Robert
Printer:
Essex House Press
Publisher:
Edward Arnold
Illustrator:
Strang, William
Calligrapher:
Cockerell, Florence Kingsford
Author:
Tarling, Alan
Publisher:
Galahad Press
Designer:
Maggs, Derek
Designer:
Read, Malcolm
Author:
Cellini, Benvenuto
Translator:
Ashbee, Charles Robert
Printer:
Ashbee, Charles Robert
Publisher:
Edward Arnold
Printer:
Hodson, Laurence W.
Compositor:
Binning, T.
Compositor:
Tippett, J.
Pressman:
Mowlem, S.
Printer:
Essex House Press
Printer:
Guild and School of Handicraft
Author:
Molé, Guillaume François Roger
Publisher:
Debure
Publisher:
Faksimile Verlag Luzern
Editor:
McKitterick, Dr D.
Contributor:
Morgan, Nigel
Contributor:
Short, Ian
Contributor:
Webber, Teresa
Binder (person):
Buchbinderei Burkhardt
Publisher:
British Institution
Printer:
Nicol, William
Author:
Marsy, François Marie de
Publisher:
Barrois
Publisher:
Nyon fils
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