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An inquiry concerning the invention of printing : in which the systems of Meerman, Heinecken, Santander, and Koning are reviewed : including also notices of the early use of wood-engraving in Europe, the block-books, etc. / by the late William Young Ottley ... ; with an introduction by J.Ph. Berjeau ... ; illustrated with thirty-seven plates, and numerous wood-engravings.

Accession number
PML 78345
Creator
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836.
Published
London : Joseph Lilly ..., 1863.
Notes
"London: Printed by G. Norman, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden"--T.p. verso.
Published posthumously. The author died while the book was in press and the publication of the work was made impossible by the loss of the last sheet and the plates. These were discovered in 1863.
Signatures: [a]⁴ b-e⁴ f² B-3A⁴ 3B⁴(3B4+1).
Description
xlii, 377 p., [37] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., facsims. ; 30 cm
Binding
green cloth.
Classification
Department