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
Author:
Behn, Aphra
Engraver:
Cole, Benjamin
Publisher:
Poulson, Mary
Bookseller:
Clay, Francis
Bookseller:
Bettesworth, Arthur
Author:
Hayley, William
Engraver:
Blake, William
Publisher:
Payne, Thomas
Printer:
Mason, William (printer)
Author:
Maternus, Julius. Firmicus
Printer:
Manuzio, Aldo
Editor:
Negri, Francesco
Cicero
Theon, of Alexandria
Aratus, Solensi
Manilius, Marcus
Germanicus Caesar
Avienus, Rufius Festus
Proclus
Hobson, Geoffrey Dudley
Author:
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
Printer:
Solidi, Johannes
Bookbinder:
Riviere & Son
Author:
Dante Alighieri
Publisher:
Vellutello, Alessandro
Printer:
Marcolini, Francesco
Bookbinder:
A. Dulau & Co.
Author:
Scott, Walter, Sir
Publisher:
Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
Author:
Ariosto, Lodovico
Editor:
Dolce, Lodovico
Printer:
Giolito de' Ferrari, Gabriele
Author:
Shakespeare, William
Engraver:
Droeshout, Martin II
Editor:
Heminge, John
Editor:
Condell, Henry
Publisher:
Allot, Robert
Publisher:
Aspley, William
Publisher:
Smethwicke, John
Publisher:
Meighan, Richard
Publisher:
Hawkins, Richard
Printer:
Cotes, Thomas
Author:
Paciaudi, Paolo
Author:
Millot, abbé (Claude François Xavier)
Printer:
Bodoni, Giambattista
Illustrator:
Petitot, Edmond Alexandré
Publisher:
Stamperia Reale (Parma, Italy)
Author:
Harris, Moses
Harris, John (Son of Moses Harris)
Bookseller:
Edwards, James (bookseller)
Bookbinder:
Caumont, Auguste-Marie de, comte
Author:
Petrarca, Francesco
Malipiero, Girolamo
Printer:
Marcolini, Francesco
Author:
Hamilton, William, Sir
Editor:
Fabris, Peter
Bookbinder:
Caumont, Auguste-Marie de, comte
Conservator:
Brockman, James (bookbinder)
Author: Apian, Peter
Author:
Hayter, Charles
Publisher:
Black, Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen
Printer:
Dove, John Fowler
Author:
Brontë, Charlotte
Publisher:
Smith, Elder, and Co
Bookbinder:
Westleys & Co.
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