Annales typographici ab artis inventae origine. Ad annum M.DCLXIV. Operâ Mich. Maittaire A.M. Editio nova auctior & emendatior, tomi primi pars prior[-posterior].
Michael Maittaire (1667-1747)
Category
Books
Date
1733
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3229760
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill., ports. ; 4to. Running number: 7851. Shelved with vols. 1-5 (The Hague and Amsterdam, 1719-26) and vols. 8-9 (London, 1741). Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. 2. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on five supports; five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spines; gilt title on brown leather label and gilt vol. number on spines; red and brown sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Michael Maittaire (1667-1747), author Jacobus Houbraken (Dordrecht 1698 - Amsterdam 1780), engraver (printmaker) Bernard Picart (Paris 1673 - Amsterdam 1733), engraver (printmaker)