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035 $a(Sirsi) AFB-0572
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040 $aOTU$bENG
100 10 $aTinperley, Charles H.
245 00 $aEncyclopaedia of literary and typographical anecdote;$bbeing a chronological digest of the most interesting facts illustrative of the history of literature and printing from the earliest period to the present time; interspersed with biographical sketches of eminent booksellers, printers, type-founders, engravers, bookbinders and paper makers, of all ages and countries, but especially of Great Britain; with bibliographical and descriptive accounts of their principal productions and occasional extracts from them, including curious particulars of the first introduction of printing into various countries, and of the books then printed, notices of early Bibles and Liturgies of all countries, especially those printed in England or in English, a history of all the newspapers, periodicals, and almanacks published in this country, an account of the origin and progress of language, writing and writing-materials, the invention of paper, use of paper marks, etc., compiled and condensed from Nichols's Literary anecdotes, and numerous other authorities; to which are added, a continuation of the present time, comprising recent biographies, chiefly of booksellers, and a practical manual of printing.
250 $aEd. 2.
260 0 $aLondon,$bBohn,$c1842.
300 $avi, 996, 116 p.
650 0 $aLiterature$xBibliography
650 0 $aLiterature$xHistory
650 0 $aPrinting$xHistory
948 $a07/15/1992$b01/22/1993
596 $a26
926 $aROBARTS$bSTACKS$cZ116 .T53 1842$dBOOK$f1