Collections of wood or ivory tablets, or sheets of paper, parchment, or similar material, that are blank, written on, or printed, and are strung or bound together; commonly many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing; especially, when printed, a bound volume, or a volume of some size.
This term has 2,576 records attributed within our system.
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300028051
<books by conditions of production>
<books by external form>
<books by internal form>
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Unknown
Perrier, François (le Bourguignon)
(After)
Author:
Catholic church
Printer:
Pigouchet, Philippe
Author:
Wray, Mary
Author:
Berkeley, George
Translator:
Clarke, John (Dean of Salisbury)
Publisher:
Steele, Richard, Sir
Illustrator:
Du Guernier the Younger, Louis
Publisher:
Tonson, Jacob
Author:
Catholic church
Printer:
Sensenschmidt, Johann
Petzensteiner, Heinrich
Author:
Pliny, the Elder
Translator:
Landino, Cristoforo
Printer:
Jenson, Nikolaus
Author:
Boccaccio, Giovanni
Steinhöwel, Heinrich
Publisher:
Prüss, Johann
Author:
Félibien, André
Author:
Perrault, Charles
Chapelain, Jean
Publisher:
Mabre-Cramoisy, Sebastien
Publisher:
Imprimerie royale
Engraver:
Leclerc, Sebastien I
Illustrator:
Bailly, Jacques I
Le Brun, Charles
Author:
Rohault, Jacques
Contributor:
Clarke, Samuel
Translator:
Clarke, John (Dean of Salisbury)
Publisher:
Knapton, John
Publisher:
Knapton, James
Publisher:
British Institution
Printer:
Nicol, William
Author:
Morris, William
Printer:
Morris, William
Designer:
Morris, William
Printer:
Kelmscott Press
Bookseller:
Reeves & Turner
Author:
Mengs, Anton Raphael
Contributor:
Azara, José Nicolás de, marqués de Nibbiano
Publisher:
Faulder, R.
Publisher:
Robinson, G. G.
Publisher:
Robinson, J.
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