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A description of the early printed books owned by the Grolier Club with a brief account of their printers and the history of typography in the fifteenth century.
LIBRA - Special Z240.A1 D47 1895
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grolier Club.
- Incunabula--New York (State)--New York--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- Incunabula.
- Type and type-founding.
- History.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Early printed books--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- Early printed books.
- Early printed books--Bibliography.
- Type and type-founding--History--15th century.
- Grolier Club--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- Genre:
- Bibliographies.
- Catalogs.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Scoville, Robert, 1876-1934 (bookplate) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Scoville, Herbert (bookplate) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 76 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 31 cm
- Other Title:
- Early printed books owned by the Grolier Club
- Catalogue of early printed books
- Catalogue of early printed books presented to the Grolier Club by David Wolfe Bruce, exhibited at the Grolier club 1894.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Printed for the Grolier Club, 1895.
- Notes:
- " ... an edition of four hundred copies on hand-made paper, and three copies on vellum, the printing of which was completed in the month of May, 1895"--Prelim.
- Printed by the De Vinne Press.
- Revised edition of the "Catalogue of early printed books, presented by David W. Bruce ... 1894." These books were from the typographical library of Mr. Bruce and his father George Bruce. Descriptive and historical notes by R.H. Lawrence; translations from colophons, etc., by N.G. McCrea.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has bookplate "The true university of these days is a collection of books Ex Libris Robert Scoville Herbert Scoville" on front pastedown.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has ms. note on back pastedown.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Description of the early printed books owned by the Grolier Club with a brief account of their printers and the history of typography in the fifteenth century.
- OCLC:
- 51831826
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