William Caxton and his Quincentenary 1476 -1976
Subtitle: An Indulgence of 1476
By: by John Dreyfus.
Edition: No 54
Series: Typophile chap book ;
Publisher: Mike Fitzgerald , Maidstone, Kent
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Privately Printed
Language: eng
Format: Quincentenary 1476 - 1976
Number of pages: 8
Subjects: Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491; Printing -- England -- London -- History -- Origin and antecedents; Incunabula -- England -- London -- Bibliography; Westminster (London, England) -- Imprints
Genres: Bibliography.
First sentence: A Limited edition was produced to commemorate the William Caxton Quincentenary 1476-1976. Each copy is numbered: Numbers: 1-20 : 21-100 : 101-500.
Each section will have a special wove and binding. This is Copy no.54
Description: This is a Quincentenery Edition  No.54 of 500 copies only. Tooled leather binding, printed on Basingwerk Parchment in Monotype baskerville. inset is a pullout copy of the very first Grest Britain printing by William Caxton. THe copy I have is AS NEW
Notes: Based on a lecture delivered in Nov. 1975 at the Grolier Club as part of the series Heritage of the graphic arts.
"700 copies made for the Typophiles and 400 for members of the Book Club of California"--Colophon. The 700 copies for the Typophiles were issued with a New York : Typophiles, 1976 imprint and are separately cataloged.
With errata slip. Second series statement is from errata slip.