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Subject Terms Printing -- Great Britain -- History.

1. Typographical antiquities, or, The history of printing in England, Scotland and Ireland : containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them / begun by the late Joseph Ames ... considerably augmented by William Herbert ... and now greatly enlarged with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings ; comprehending the history of English literature, and a view of the progress of the art of engraving in Great Britain by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin ...

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Creator:: Ames, Joseph, 1689-1759
Date:: 1810-1819
Physical Description:: 4 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A note by William Morris on his aims in founding the Kelmscott Press : together with a short description of the press / by S.C. Cockerell ; & an annotated list of the books printed thereat.

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Creator:: Morris, William, 1834-1896
Date:: 1898]
Physical Description:: 70 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Typographia : or, the Printers' instructor : including an account of the origin of printing, with biographical notices of the printers of England, from Caxton to the close of the sixteenth century : a series of ancient and modern alphabets, and Domesday characters : together with an elucidation of every subject connected with the art / by J. Johnson, printer.

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Creator:: Johnson, J. (John), 1777-1848
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts