Five hundred years of printing : an essay: PB 70-2004

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Five hundred years of printing : an essay

Maker(s)

Author: Gill, Eric
Publisher: Northern Group of the Printing Historical Society

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Description

[11] p : ill ; 24 cm.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1982

Note

"Limited edition of 200 copies ... reprinted ... from the book Last essays of Eric Gill, 1942."--p. [4]. "All the type in this booklet has been hand-set in Gill's Perpetua series, cut by the Monotype Corporation. Printed on a Thompson automatic platen on Grosvenor Chater's Basingwerk paper."--Colophon. In green card wrapper.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 70-2004
Primary reference Number: 117552
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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