| A Bibliography of Printing 3 Volume Set: With Notes and Illustrations Contributor(s): Bigmore, E. C. (Compiled by), Wyman, C. W. H. (Compiled by) |
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ISBN: 1108074359 ISBN-13: 9781108074353 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $131.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Publishers & Publishing Industry - Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes |
| Dewey: 016 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishi |
| Physical Information: 2.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.7" (2.65 lbs) 1030 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This three-volume bibliography of printing was published between 1880 and 1886 by E. C. Bigmore (1838-99) and C. W. H. Wyman (1832-1909), who had, unknown to each other, been working on similar projects and were brought together by the antiquarian bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch. The scope of the work, which quickly became a classic, includes 'typographic, lithographic, copperplate printing, etc., with the cognate arts of type-founding, stereotyping, electrotyping, and wood-engraving', but excludes the topics of paper and bookbinding. The three volumes are arranged in alphabetical order of surname of author; anonymous works are ordered by the wording of the title. Compiled with the assistance of such historians of printing as William Blades and John Southward (several of whose works are available in this series), this authoritative work is of continuing value to bibliographers. |