An Introduction to the Study of Bibliography. To which is prefixed a Memoir on the...
Folding frontis., 11 plates (several folding), & numerous text illus. (including facsimiles & type specimens). xvi, i-[xxvi], [27]-402 pp.; 1 p.l., [403]-758, [2], clvi pp. Two vols. Large 8vo, mid-19th cent. half-morocco & marbled boards, joints & extremities rubbed, spines gilt, t.e.g. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1814.
First edition, a large and thick paper set. "This is a very valuable work to the student of the history of printing."Bigmore & Wyman, I, p. 345. Topics include paper, MSS., history and techniques of printing, bookbinding, the nature of rarity, classification systems, bibliographies, catalogues and reference books, etc.
"Thomas Hartwell Horne... More