BOWYER, W. The Origin of Printing . London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774. Small 4° (208 x 135mm). Advertisement leaf at end. (Short marginal tear to P2, but without loss, scattered light spotting and browning, heavier to title and at end.) Modern half calf. Provenance : Thomas Wight (ink ownership inscription on title dated 1783) – title extensively annotated and a few other pieces of marginalia in at least two different hands. [ Sold with :] [BERESFORD, James] Bibliosophia; or, Book-wisdom. Containing some account of the pride, pleasure, and privileges of that glorious vocation, book-collecting . London: for William Miller by W. Bulmer, 1810. 2 parts in one volume, 12° (165 x 98mm). Contemporary cloth (spine fractionally faded, extremities lightly rubbed). [ And :] WILLETT, Ralph (1719-1795). A memoir on the origin of printing. In a letter addressed to John Topham . Newcatle: 1820. 8° (187 x 119mm). Straight-grained morocco, gilt, gilt edges. Provenance : John Trotter Brockett (1788-1842, armorial binding) – John Fenwick (engraved armorial bookplate) – Reprint; first appeared as an article in Archaeologia Vol. XI, 1794.
BOWYER, W. The Origin of Printing . London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774. Small 4° (208 x 135mm). Advertisement leaf at end. (Short marginal tear to P2, but without loss, scattered light spotting and browning, heavier to title and at end.) Modern half calf. Provenance : Thomas Wight (ink ownership inscription on title dated 1783) – title extensively annotated and a few other pieces of marginalia in at least two different hands. [ Sold with :] [BERESFORD, James] Bibliosophia; or, Book-wisdom. Containing some account of the pride, pleasure, and privileges of that glorious vocation, book-collecting . London: for William Miller by W. Bulmer, 1810. 2 parts in one volume, 12° (165 x 98mm). Contemporary cloth (spine fractionally faded, extremities lightly rubbed). [ And :] WILLETT, Ralph (1719-1795). A memoir on the origin of printing. In a letter addressed to John Topham . Newcatle: 1820. 8° (187 x 119mm). Straight-grained morocco, gilt, gilt edges. Provenance : John Trotter Brockett (1788-1842, armorial binding) – John Fenwick (engraved armorial bookplate) – Reprint; first appeared as an article in Archaeologia Vol. XI, 1794.
BOWYER, W. The Origin of Printing . London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774. Small 4° (208 x 135mm). Advertisement leaf at end. (Short marginal tear to P2, but without loss, scattered light spotting and browning, heavier to title and at end.) Modern half calf. Provenance : Thomas Wight (ink ownership inscription on title dated 1783) – title extensively annotated and a few other pieces of marginalia in at least two different hands. [ Sold with :] [BERESFORD, James] Bibliosophia; or, Book-wisdom. Containing some account of the pride, pleasure, and privileges of that glorious vocation, book-collecting . London: for William Miller by W. Bulmer, 1810. 2 parts in one volume, 12° (165 x 98mm). Contemporary cloth (spine fractionally faded, extremities lightly rubbed). [ And :] WILLETT, Ralph (1719-1795). A memoir on the origin of printing. In a letter addressed to John Topham . Newcatle: 1820. 8° (187 x 119mm). Straight-grained morocco, gilt, gilt edges. Provenance : John Trotter Brockett (1788-1842, armorial binding) – John Fenwick (engraved armorial bookplate) – Reprint; first appeared as an article in Archaeologia Vol. XI, 1794.
BOWYER, W. The Origin of Printing . London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774. Small 4° (208 x 135mm). Advertisement leaf at end. (Short marginal tear to P2, but without loss, scattered light spotting and browning, heavier to title and at end.) Modern half calf. Provenance : Thomas Wight (ink ownership inscription on title dated 1783) – title extensively annotated and a few other pieces of marginalia in at least two different hands. [ Sold with :] [BERESFORD, James] Bibliosophia; or, Book-wisdom. Containing some account of the pride, pleasure, and privileges of that glorious vocation, book-collecting . London: for William Miller by W. Bulmer, 1810. 2 parts in one volume, 12° (165 x 98mm). Contemporary cloth (spine fractionally faded, extremities lightly rubbed). [ And :] WILLETT, Ralph (1719-1795). A memoir on the origin of printing. In a letter addressed to John Topham . Newcatle: 1820. 8° (187 x 119mm). Straight-grained morocco, gilt, gilt edges. Provenance : John Trotter Brockett (1788-1842, armorial binding) – John Fenwick (engraved armorial bookplate) – Reprint; first appeared as an article in Archaeologia Vol. XI, 1794.
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