Author: BLADES William ( compiler ) :
Title: The Life and Typography of William Caxton, England's first printer, with evidence of his typographical connection with Colard Mansion the printer at Bruges. 2 volumes.
Description: 13. London, Joseph Lilly, 1861, 2 vols in-4°, 28,5 cm, xvi pp + 298 pp ; lx pp + 310 pp + 57 plates (complete), bound in uniform black half cloth with blue paper covered boards, gilt title on smooth spine. Still a good copy allthough some of the plates are waterstained. Original imprint of this landmark in bibliographical history ; the onset of bookprinting in England and the ties with the printer Mansion in Bruges (Flanders ) . .

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