Typographical Antiquities
Or, The History of Printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland

A four-volume work on the early history of printing, based on earlier books, and published between 1810 and 1819.

Joseph Ames (Author), William Herbert (Edited by), Thomas Frognall Dibdin (Edited by)

9781108077149, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 March 2015

676 pages, 85 b/w illus.
29.7 x 21 x 3.5 cm, 1.68 kg

When this work was published, its original author had been dead for fifty years. As the title page explains, the work of Joseph Ames (1687–1759) was considerably augmented by William Herbert (1718–95), and then 'greatly enlarged, with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings' by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776–1847), several of whose other works are also reissued in this series. Ames' history of printing, based on his own collection, was published in 1749, as an aid to booksellers in identifying old works (and modern forgeries). Herbert, a printseller and bibliophile, acquired Ames' own interleaved copy of the work and intended to enlarge it, but died having completed only three of six proposed volumes. His working copies then passed to Dibdin, who eventually published this four-volume edition between 1810 and 1819. Volume 2 considers the lives and work of printers including Wynken de Worde and Richard Pynson.

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1. Account of books printed by John Lettou
2. John Lettou and William Machlinia
3. Account of books printed by William Machlinia
4. Wynken de Worde
5. Richard Pynson
6. Julian Notary
Addenda
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]