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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<books by conditions of production>
<books by external form>
<books by internal form>
14yrs ago
Author:
Sandler, Lucy Freeman
Publisher:
Harvey Miller Publishers
Author:
Guillaume, de Deguileville
Translator:
Lydgate, John
Editor:
Furnivall, Frederick James
Contributor:
Locock, Katharine Beatrice
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Nichols and Sons
Author:
Crichton, Laurie W.
Contributor:
Hammond, Wayne G
Contributor:
Volz, Robert L.
Publisher:
Chapin Library
Printer:
Warwick Press
Printer:
Blinn, Carol J.
Author:
Gringore, Pierre
Translator:
Barclay, Alexander
Editor:
Pollard, Alfred W.
Contributor:
Duff, Edward Gordon
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Constable, Thomas
Author:
Buonanni, Filippo
Publisher:
Cesaretti, Felice
Publisher:
Paribeni, Domenico
Editor:
Herbert, John Alexander
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Hall, Frederick (printer)
Editor:
Hutchings, R. S.
Publisher:
James Moran Ltd.
Author:
Roxburghe Club
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Nichols and Sons
Author:
Malvasia, Carlo Cesare, conte
Editor:
Zanotti, Giampietro
Publisher:
Stamperìa del Longhi
Editor:
James, Montague Rhodes, Dr
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd.
Contributor:
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Contributor:
Grolier Club, The
Contributor:
Updike, Daniel Berkeley
Contributor:
McCutcheon, John Tinney
Oxford University Press
Author:
Vanable, David F.
Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology
Author:
Benson, John Howard
Author:
Carey, Arthur Graham
Printer:
Merrymount Press
Publisher:
John Stevens Shop
Author:
Murray, John, IV
Author:
Prothero, Rowland Edmund
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Balantyne & Co. Ltd.
Author:
Blackstone, William
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
J. B. Nichols and Sons
Author:
Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal
Translator:
Love, Nicholas
Editor:
Powell, Lawrence Fitzroy
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Claredon Press
Contributor:
Hellinga, Lotte
Contributor:
Jebb, Philip
Contributor:
Dreyfus, John
Publisher:
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen
Author:
Voltaire
Illustrator:
Kent, Rockwell
Publisher:
Literary Guild
Printer:
Pynson Printers
Author:
Petrarca, Francesco
Translator:
Morley, Henry Parker, Lord
Editor:
Iddesleigh, Stafford Henry N., 1st Earl of
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Nichols and Sons
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