The history of the art of printing, containing an account of it's invention and progress in Europe: with the names of the famous printers, the places of their birth, and the works printed by them. And a preface by the publisher to the printers in Scotland.
Jean de La Caille (d.1720)
Category
Books
Date
1713
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3224307
Summary
Bibliographic description
24, xlviii, 64 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Running number: 7656. Imperfect: wanting plate. Foot of leaves trimmed, with loss of some signature marks. Provenance: manuscript inscription on fly-leaf facing title page: "Watson" [i.e. author note and catalogue entry for anonymous works, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript notes (a list) in eighteenth-century hand on rear fly-leaf. Binding: eighteenth-century full sheepskin; sewn on three cords; five raised bands; double blind fillet border with blind roll pattern along spine-edge; blind roll pattern along board edges; gilt title on brown leather label on spine; red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Jean de La Caille (d.1720) James Watson (c.1664 - 1722)