A leaf history of British printing
Subtitle: from 1610 to 1774
By: by Geoffrey Wakeman
Publisher: Plough Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Oxford [Oxfordshire]
Language: eng
Subjects: Printing -- Great Britain -- History; Printing -- Specimens
Other titles: British printing, 1610-1774
Notes: Title from p. [1] of preliminary gathering

Title on spine of case: British printing, 1610-1774

"One hundred & ten copies hand set and printed by Geoffrey & Paul Wakeman ... Oxford"--Introd

Issued as 10 fascicles and 1 preliminary gathering of 2 folded sheets ([8] p.) in cloth clam-shell case

Each fascicle consists of 2 folded sheets ([8] p. ; 40 cm.) with letterpress on 1 or 2 p. of the inner sheet; most of the fascicles contain 1 or more original printed leaves or facsims. from the period being illustrated

Envelope containing two pieces of type mounted in fasc. 3; 17th century paper sample mounted on p. [3] of outer sheet in fasc. 9; errata slips tipped in fasc. 4 and 10

Spec Collection copy no. 49
Table of contents: value: 1. Printing : the early seventeenth century; value: 2. Printing : the later seventeenth century; value: 3. Printing : seventeenth century Oxford; value: 4. Printing : the eighteenth century; value: 5. Printing : Scotland; value: 6. Printing : the title page; value: 7. Illustration : woodcut; value: 8. Illustration : engraving; value: 9. Paper : the seventeenth century; value: 10 Paper : the eighteenth century