Rariora
Subtitle: being notes of some of the printed books, manuscripts, historical documents, medals, engravings, pottery, etc., etc., collected (1858-1900)
By: by John Eliot Hodgkin, F.S.A.
Publisher: S. Low, Marston & co., ltd
Published: 1902
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Book Collecting; Incunabula; Rare Books; Fireworks; Incunabula as Topic; Book collecting; Origin and antecedents; Printing; Broadsides; Rare books; Collectors and collecting; History
Notes: Title within decorative border; headpieces, initials, floreated end-papers, numerous facsimiles of title-pages, autograph letters, etc., etc. "Printed by Bemrose and sons, limited, at their press in the parish of Saint Peter in the town of Derby M.CMII"
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Sibi et amicis. A word on the threshold. Classification of the collection. A note of the collection. Index to note.; title: v. 2. Preface to incunabula. The dawn of typography. The invention. Wooden types. The evolution of the type-mould. Incunabula in the collection. Pal©Œo-typographia hollandica. XVth century proclamations. Watermarks. Bibliographic books. Index to incunabula.; title: v. 3. Preface to historical braodsides. English broadsides. Index to broadsides. Halinitropyrobolia. Books on fireworks. Fireworks displays. Index to firework books and displays. Lusus natur©Œ.