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Middleton, Printing / 2 vols.
Lot 558
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Middleton, C. u. G. Meerman. The origin of printing. In two essays. The second edition. - Supplement to the origin of printing. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. London, Bowyer & Nichols, 1776 (erschienen 1781). (21,5:14,5 cm). XVI, 176 S.; S. 177-300. - Angeb.: (Nichols, J. B., Hrsg.). Biographical memoirs of William Ged; including a particular account of his progress in the art of block-printing. London 1781. IV, 40 S. Ldr. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Wappensupralibros; etwas bestoßen u. gelockert, Rückdeckelbezug im Seitenrand mit Schmauchspur u. schmaler Fehlstelle.
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I. Bigmore-W. I, 74 f. (unter Bowyer). - Eins der unverkauft gebliebenen Exemplare der zweiten Ausgabe, die 1781 um das Supplement erweitert neu erschien, hier mit Druckjahr 1776 auf dem Titel. - II. Bigmore-W. I, 258: "William Ged ... was the undoubted inventor of Stereotyping, or, as he called it, block-printing". - Dazu: F. I. Fournier. Nouveau dictionnaire portatif de bibliographie. 2e éd. Paris 1809. 10, X, 566, 48 S., 1 Bl. Hprgt. d. Zt., etwas berieben. - Unbeschnitten. - Zus. 2 Bde.
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