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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<books by conditions of production>
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14yrs ago
Author:
Du Fresnoy, Charles Alphonse
Contributor:
Dryden, John
Contributor:
Graham, Richard
Gribelin, Simon
Cooke, Henry
Publisher:
Rogers, W. (publisher)
Printer:
Heptinsall, J.
Author:
Lubbock, Joseph Guy
Illustrator:
Lubbock, Joseph Guy
Publisher:
Bertram Rota
Printer:
Carter, Sebastian
Binder (person):
Fine Bindery
Author:
Lanzi, Luigi
Translator:
Roscoe, Thomas
Printer:
M'Creery, John
Publisher:
Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Illustrator:
Cranach, Lucas, the elder
Publisher:
Hirth, Georg
Publisher:
Faksimile Verlag Luzern
Binder (person):
Buchbinderei Burkhardt
Publisher:
British Institution
Printer:
Nicol, William
Author:
Libri, Guglielmo
Publisher:
S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm)
Author:
Millin, Aubin Louis
Printer:
Crapelet
Bookseller:
Desray
Publisher:
British Institution
Printer:
Nicol, William
Publisher:
British Institution
Printer:
Nicol, William
Author:
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Publisher:
Edward Moxon
Printer:
Bradbury and Evans
Binder (person):
Root and Son
Author:
Lawrence, David Herbert
Publisher:
Martin Secker
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