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The oldest type-printed book in existence : a disquisition on the relative antiquity of the Pfister and Mazarin Bibles and the "65-line A" Catholicon : prefaced by a brief history of the invention of printing / by George Washington Moon.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Z126 .M81 1901
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moon, G. Washington (George Washington), 1823-1909.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Balbi, Giovanni, -1298. Catholicon.
- Balbi, Giovanni.
- Printing--History--Origin and antecedents.
- Printing.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (bookplate)
- Physical Description:
- 47 pages, ii folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Manufacture:
- London : Chiswick Press.
- Other Title:
- Half-title: "65-line A" Catholicon
- Place of Publication:
- London : privately printed., 1901.
- Notes:
- "Only 241 copies were printed."--Half titleverso.
- Title vignette.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-47).
- Local Notes:
- RBC has copy no. 194.
- OCLC:
- 58874946
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