Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1921. Quarter bound white and blue cloth, gilt cover device, 8vo, 23 cm,. xv, 190 pp, plates, plans, facs. From the blurb: "Written to mark the four hundredth anniversary of Cambridge printing, this book traces the development of the University Press from the time of John Siberch to the present day. The University received its first charter for printing in 1534 and can reckon many famous printers (such as Thomas Thomas, John Legate, Thomas Buck, John Baskerville) in its annals; there is also a long line of famous authors whose works the Press has printed - Erasmus, George Herbert, Thomas Fuller, John Donne, John Milton, Richard Bentley, Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Thomas Browne among them. The book contains several portraits, plans, facsimiles of documents and title-pages, and other illustrations." The Appendices give lists of University printers, 1521-1921, and of Cambridge books, 1521-1750. Includes index. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpaper, covers slightly soiled, spine-label slightly frayed, otherwise Good.

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Bookseller: Wykeham Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BIBLIO-48816
Title: A History of the Cambridge University Press, 1521-1921
Author: Roberts, S.C
Format/Binding: Quarter bound white and blue cloth, gilt cover device, 8vo, 23 cm,
Book Condition: Used - Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpaper, covers slightly soiled, spine-label slightly frayed, othe
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1921
Date Published: 1921
Pages: xv, 190 pp, plates, plans, facs
Keywords: Cambridge University Press Publishers and publishing - Great Britain - History Scholarly publishing early cambridge books university cambridgeshire 16th 17th 18th 19th century S.C. Roberts
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