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.
By: Sotheby, Samuel Leigh
Publisher: London : printed for the author by W. McDowall, 1858.Description: 3 v. : facsims. (partly col.) ; 37 cm.Subject(s): Block books | Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents | WatermarksLOC classification: Z240 | .S7124 1858
Contents:
v. 1. Holland and the Low countries -- v. 2. Germany -- v. 3. Paper-marks.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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British Museum | Prints and Drawings | Shelves | Q.2.1 V. I (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | PD10011023 | |||
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British Museum | Prints and Drawings | Shelves | Q.2.1 V. II (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | PD10011024 | |||
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British Museum | Prints and Drawings | Shelves | Q.2.1 V. III (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | PD10011025 | |||
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British Museum | King's Library | House of Commons Library | KINGS LIBRARY 175T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 134243-2001 |
Total holds: 0
Of the 250 copies printed, 220 were sold at auction May 5, 1858.
v. 1. Holland and the Low countries -- v. 2. Germany -- v. 3. Paper-marks.