WILLIAM CASLON 1693-1766 : THE ANCESTRY, LIFE AND CONNECTIONS OF ENGLAND'S FOREMOST LETTER-ENGRAVER AND TYPE-FOUNDER.
by BALL, Johnson, 1901-1985 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Kineton : Roundwood Press, 1973. First edition. An extraordinarily detailed and thoroughly-researched account of Caslon's life, achievement and connections - with much also on John Baskerville, William Bowyer, Edward Cookes, Benjamin Green, James Green, Thomas Guy, Saloman Negri, John Watts, etc. Medium 8vo (25cm). xxviii,494,[ii]p. Colour frontispiece. Plates (including folding plates of the specimens). Original cloth gilt; some marking and spotting of edges, but otherwise a very good copy in a lightly used dust-jacket, with a single short tear to upper panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25460
- Title
- WILLIAM CASLON 1693-1766 : THE ANCESTRY, LIFE AND CONNECTIONS OF ENGLAND'S FOREMOST LETTER-ENGRAVER AND TYPE-FOUNDER.
- Author
- BALL, Johnson, 1901-1985 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kineton : Roundwood Press, 1973.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bibliography, Typography, Biography
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