The history of printing in America : with a biography of printers, and an account of newspapers . by Isaiah Thomas

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831.

Contributor:

Thomas, Benjamin Franklin, 1813-1878.

Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886.

Haven, Samuel F. (Samuel Foster), 1806-1881.

American Antiquarian Society

Series:

Archaelogia americana. Transactions and collections of the American Antiquarian Society ; v. 5-6

Transactions and collections of the American Antiquarian Society ; v. 5-6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831.

Thomas, Isaiah.

Printing--America--History.

Printing.

Printers--America.

Printers.

American newspapers.

Booksellers and book-selling--America.

Booksellers and book-selling.

American literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Bibliography.

American literature.

Spanish American literature--Bibliography.

Spanish American literature.

Physical Description:

2 v. : ill. (port.) folded plates ; 24 1/2 cm.

Edition:

2nd ed. / with the author's corrections and additions, and A catalogue of American publications previous to the Revolution of 1776. Pub. under the supervision of a special committee of the American Antiquarian Society.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY, 1874, J. Munsell, printer.

Contents:

I. Preface. Memoir of Isaiah Thomas by his grandson Benjamin Franklin Thomas. History of printing in America. App. A : History of printing in [Spanish] America. Communicated by John R. Bartlett [with lists of books printed in Mexico and Peru before 1600] App. 2-I

II. History of printing (con't) : History of newspapers. Booksellers in the colonies, from the first settlement of the country to the commencement of the Revolutionary War, in 1775. Appendixes. Catalogue of publications in what is now the United States, prior to the Revolution of 1775-6 [comp. by Samuel Haven, Jr. (also issued separately)] Index.

Notes:

In this edition the account of printing in the Old World is omitted.

Committee of publication: Samuel F. Haven, Nathaniel Paine, and Joel Munsell. Notes by members of committee and other contributors are distinguished by their initials.