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Principia typographica : the block-books, or xylographic delineations of scripture history, issued in Holland, Flanders and Germany, during the fifteenth century, exemplified and considered in connexion with the origin of printing : to which is added an attempt to elucidate the character of the paper-marks of the period

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Principia typographica : the block-books, or xylographic delineations of scripture history, issued in Holland, Flanders and Germany, during the fifteenth century, exemplified and considered in connexion with the origin of printing : to which is added an attempt to elucidate the character of the paper-marks of the period / a work contemplated by the late Samuel Sotheby, and carried out by his son, Samuel Leigh Sotheby.
Author
Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861
Publication
London : Printed for the author by W. McDowall, 1858.

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Additional Authors
Sotheby, Samuel, 1771-1842
Description
3 v. : ill. (some col.); 37 cm.
Alternative Title
Paper-marks in the early block-books of the Netherlands and Germany.
Subject
  • Block books
  • Printing > History > Origin and antecedents
  • Watermarks
  • Marbled papers > Specimens
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local note
  • Schlosser copy: Binding, by Charles Tuckett, Jr., British Museum 1858, of half calf and marbled paper boards.
  • Schlosser copy: Provenance: D.C.M. (armorial bookplate).
Contents
v. 1. Holland and the Low countries -- v. 2. Germany -- v. 3. Paper-marks.
Call Number
Schlosser 749
LCCN
03025369 //r85
OCLC
  • 1921623
  • NYPG91-B3294
Author
Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, 1805-1861.
Title
Principia typographica : the block-books, or xylographic delineations of scripture history, issued in Holland, Flanders and Germany, during the fifteenth century, exemplified and considered in connexion with the origin of printing : to which is added an attempt to elucidate the character of the paper-marks of the period / a work contemplated by the late Samuel Sotheby, and carried out by his son, Samuel Leigh Sotheby.
Imprint
London : Printed for the author by W. McDowall, 1858.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
Schlosser copy: Binding, by Charles Tuckett, Jr., British Museum 1858, of half calf and marbled paper boards.
Schlosser copy: Provenance: D.C.M. (armorial bookplate).
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Local Subject
Marbled papers -- Specimens.
Added Author
Sotheby, Samuel, 1771-1842.
Added Title
Paper-marks in the early block-books of the Netherlands and Germany.
Research Call Number
Schlosser 749
*IPF+ (Sotheby, S. L. Principia typographica)
Stuart 1803-1805
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