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Willett (Ralph)

A Memoir on the Origin of Printing. In a Letter Addressed to John Topman, Esq.

Newcastle: Printed by and for S. Hodgson, 1820.,

262.50 €

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Author
Willett (Ralph)
Publishers
Newcastle: Printed by and for S. Hodgson, 1820.
Keyword
PRINTING TYPOGRAPHY NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NORTHUMBERLAND

Description

Second Edition, iv, 72pp., one of 150 copies, vignette of title page, a little and light occasional foxing, recent quarter calf, uncut, t.e.g. Willett, 1719-95, English book collector, discusses the origin of printing; the work of Gutenberg and Caxton, the Coster legend, etc., and favours the claims of Mainz to the invention.
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