Typographical antiquities: or An historical account of the origin and progress of printing in Great Britain and Ireland: containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of books printed by them, from the year MCCCCLXXI to the year MDC. Begun by the late Joseph Ames, F.R. & A.S.S. and Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries. Considerably augmented, both in the memoirs and number of books, by William Herbert, of Cheshunt, Herts. In three volumes. Vol. III.
Joseph Ames (1689 - 1759)
Category
Books
Date
1786
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3015211.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
Vol. 3. Running number: 7803. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on three sewing supports; five raised bands; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with floral stamps in roll pattern and stamp panels; gilt title on red morocco label and gilt author/vol. number on green morocco label on spine; red sprinkled textblock edges; nineteenth-century nonpareil pattern marbled endpapers and plain fly-leaves.
Makers and roles
Joseph Ames (1689 - 1759), author William Herbert (1718-1795), author