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The history of printing in America. : With a biography of printers, and an account of newspapers. To which is prefixed a concise view of the discovery and progress of the art in other parts of the world. In two volumes. / By Isaiah Thomas, printer, Worcester, Massachusetts. Volume I[-II].
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1810 Tho AqD92 T457
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831 991
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Printing--America--History.
- Printing.
- Printers--America.
- Printers.
- American newspapers--67462.
- American newspapers.
- Booksellers and bookselling--America.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Genre:
- Clippings.
- Insertions (Provenance).
- Physical Description:
- 2 v. : ill., facsims. ; 24 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- Worcester [Mass.]: : From the press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Isaac Sturtevant, printer., 1810.
- Notes:
- Copyright 1810 by Isaiah Thomas.
- Folded plate facing p. 70 of v. 1 signed: Callender, sc.
- Vol. 1: vi, [1], 8-487, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2: iv, [1], 6-576 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded). Last page of v. 1 blank.
- "Catalogue of booksellers in the colonies, from the first settlement of the country to the commencement of the revolutionary war, in 1775": v. 2, p. 409-450.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Historical Society copy Aa810 W68 has bookplates: Ex libris Jacobi Solis Cohen [and] Ex libris Morris Earle.
- Historical Society copy AqD92 T457 is a presentation copy from John Dunlap to the Rev. Dr. Robert Blackwell; MS. letter from Isaiah Thomas to Thomas Bradford inserted in v. 1; clippings referring to the Bradford family inserted in v. 2.
- HSP in LCP.
- NEH-Readex2: digital image available in Readex.
- Cited in:
- Shaw & Shoemaker 21483
- Sabin 95405
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