Opis: Typographical Antiquities: Volume 1 - Joseph Ames

When this work was published, its original author had been dead for fifty years. As the title page explains, the work of Joseph Ames (1687-1759) was considerably augmented by William Herbert (1718-95), and then 'greatly enlarged, with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings' by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847), several of whose other works are also reissued in this series. Ames' history of printing, based on his own collection, was published in 1749, as an aid to booksellers in identifying old works (and modern forgeries). Herbert, a printseller and bibliophile, acquired Ames' own interleaved copy of the work and intended to enlarge it, but died having completed only three of six proposed volumes. His working copies then passed to Dibdin, who eventually published this four-volume edition between 1810 and 1819. In Volume 1, the lives of Ames and Herbert are followed by discussions of printers from Caxton onwards.Advertisement; List of subscribers; 1. Ames's preface; 2. Memoirs of Ames; 3. Herbert's preface; 4. Some account of Herbert; 5. Preliminary disquisition; 6. Some account of the life of Caxton; 7. Books printed by Caxton; 8. Supplement; 9. Index.

Szczegóły: Typographical Antiquities: Volume 1 - Joseph Ames

Tytuł: Typographical Antiquities: Volume 1
Autor: Joseph Ames
Wydawnictwo: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108077132
Rok wydania: 2014
Ilość stron: 676
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 1.59 kg

Recenzje: Typographical Antiquities: Volume 1 - Joseph Ames