A Memoir on the Origin of Printing. In a Letter Addressed to John Topman, Esq.
Rare and modern books
Willett (Ralph)
Newcastle: Printed by and for S. Hodgson, 1820.,
A Memoir on the Origin of Printing. In a Letter Addressed to John Topman, Esq.
Rare and modern books
Willett (Ralph)
Newcastle: Printed by and for S. Hodgson, 1820.,
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United Kingdom)
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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.
