Original leaves from famous English books.
Contributors: Pynson, Richard, d. 1530; Day, John, 1522-1584; Barker, Robert, 1570-1645; Cotes, Thomas, d. 1641; Baskerville, John, 1706-1775.; Bulmer, William, 1757-1830; Folio Society (London, England); Foulis Press; Kelmscott Press; Doves Press.
Publisher: Folio Society
Published: 1950
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Printing -- Specimens; Printing -- Great Britain -- History
Notes: Title from leaf [1] (contents and descriptions)
Table of contents: value: Pynson's "Froissart", 1523.; value: Foxe's Book of martyrs, 1575.; value: The King James Bible, 1611.; value: The second folio Shakespeare, 1632.; value: Clarendon's "History", Oxford, 1701-4.; value: Dr. Johnson's Dictionary, 1756.; value: The Baskerville "Virgil", 1757.; value: The Foulis Press "Pope", 1785.; value: Bulmer's "History of the River Thames", 1794-6.; value: Chiswick Press: Book of common prayer, 1844.; value: Kelmscott Press: The well at the world's end, 1896.; value: The Doves Press "Milton", 1902-5.