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:
Clement I, Pope
Gruter, Lambert
Publisher:
Birckmann, Johann
Author:
Maggiorino, Benedetto
Printer:
Marcolini, Francesco
Author:
Burgess, John Cart
Publisher:
Simpkin and Marshall
Author:
Petrarca, Francesco
Printer:
Giunta, Filippo
Illustrator:
Giovanni Antonio da Brescia
Factory:
Derby Porcelain Factory
Proprietor:
Planché, Andrew
Author:
Stedman, John Gabriel
Engraver:
Blake, William
Engraver:
Holloway, Thomas
Engraver:
Bartolozzi, Francesco
Engraver:
Condor, Thomas
Publisher:
Johnson, Joseph
Edwards, James (bookseller)
Author:
Galsworthy, John
Contributor:
Waugh, Evelyn
Illustrator:
Mozley, Charles
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Printer:
Press of A. Colish
Printer:
Stellar Press
Author:
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Illustrator:
Hassall, Joan
Designer:
Hassall, Joan
Publisher:
Hopetown Press
Printer:
J. and J. Gray
Author:
Burns, Robert (poet)
Compiler:
Ferguson, John De Lancey
Illustrator:
Hassall, Joan
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Printer:
Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd
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