Wroth, Lawrence C., Editor: A History of the Printed Book, Being the Third Number of the Dolphin

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Wroth, Lawrence C., Editor : A History of the Printed Book, Being the Third Number of the Dolphin

The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1938

Black cloth. 507 double columned pages, plus advertising section and colophon. Former owner's bookplate. Articles included are: 1. The Heritage of the Manuscript, by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt. 2. The Invention of Printing, by Otto W. Fuhrmann. 3. The Spread of Printing in the Fifteenth Century, by Erich von Rath, translated by Aileen Calderwood. 4. The Sixteenth Century, by A.F. Johnson. 5. The Seventeenth Century, by Margaret Bingham Stillwell. 6. The Eighteenth Century, by Lawrence C. Wroth. 7. The Nineteenth Century, by Peter Beilenson. 8. Modern Fine Printing, by Ruth Shepard Granniss. 9, A Brief and General Discourse on Type, by Carl Purington Rollins. 10. The History of the Printing Press, by Davis T. Pottinger. 11. Pepermaking, by Dard Hunter. 12. The Author and His Book, by R.W. Chapman. 13. The Illustration of Books, by Philip Hofer. 14. An Outline of the History of Bookbinding, by William H. McCarthy, Jr. 15. The Literature of Printing, by George Parker Winship.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: Hardcover

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