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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14yrs ago
Author:
Buonanni, Filippo
Publisher:
Cesaretti, Felice
Publisher:
Paribeni, Domenico
Editor:
Herbert, John Alexander
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Hall, Frederick (printer)
Editor:
Hutchings, R. S.
Publisher:
James Moran Ltd.
Author:
Roxburghe Club
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Nichols and Sons
Author:
Malvasia, Carlo Cesare, conte
Editor:
Zanotti, Giampietro
Publisher:
Stamperìa del Longhi
Editor:
James, Montague Rhodes, Dr
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd.
Contributor:
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Contributor:
Grolier Club, The
Contributor:
Updike, Daniel Berkeley
Contributor:
McCutcheon, John Tinney
Oxford University Press
Author:
Vanable, David F.
Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology
Author:
Benson, John Howard
Author:
Carey, Arthur Graham
Printer:
Merrymount Press
Publisher:
John Stevens Shop
Author:
Murray, John, IV
Author:
Prothero, Rowland Edmund
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Balantyne & Co. Ltd.
Author:
Blackstone, William
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
J. B. Nichols and Sons
Author:
Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal
Translator:
Love, Nicholas
Editor:
Powell, Lawrence Fitzroy
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Claredon Press
Contributor:
Hellinga, Lotte
Contributor:
Jebb, Philip
Contributor:
Dreyfus, John
Publisher:
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen
Author:
Voltaire
Illustrator:
Kent, Rockwell
Publisher:
Literary Guild
Printer:
Pynson Printers
Author:
Petrarca, Francesco
Translator:
Morley, Henry Parker, Lord
Editor:
Iddesleigh, Stafford Henry N., 1st Earl of
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Nichols and Sons
Editor:
Miró, Mónica
Contributor:
Morgan, Nigel
Contributor:
Alcoy, Rosa
Contributor:
Reinhardt, Klaus
Publisher:
M. Moleiro Editor, S.A.
Illustrator:
Jones, David
Illustrator:
Pepler, Hilary Douglas Clark
Publisher:
St Dominic's Press
Author:
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Printer:
Morris, William
Designer:
Morris, William
Designer:
Burne-Jones, Edward
Engraver:
Hooper, W. H.
Printer:
Kelmscott Press
Editor:
Ellis, F. S.
Silversmith:
Kelly, Rod
Author:
Apuleius, Lucius
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Translator:
Graves, Robert
Publisher:
Folio Society
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