Notes on the invention of printing and the beginning of bibliography

by George Parker Winship

$20 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Cambridge, Mass. Privately printed, 1937. 12mo, pp. 10; original printed staplebound self-wrappers, fore- and bottom edge uncut; staple has been neatly removed, though there is some evidence of rust, else very good. A short essay on the Gutenberg legacy and the earliest attempts at bibliography, notably Michael Maittaire's Annales Typographici 1719 . At the time this was published, Winship was serving as the curator of the rare book collection of Harry

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