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Ames, Joseph (1689-1759) Typographical Antiquities: Being an Historical Account of Printing in England: with some Memoirs of our Antient Printers.
London: Printed by W. Faden & sold by J. Robinson, 1749.
First edition, quarto, title page printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece incorporating printer's marks of early English printer's bound opposite the title, full-page engraved dedication, illustrated with six full-page engravings and numerous text woodcuts, showing printer's devices and many portraits of individual printers; ex libris William Tyler of Petworth, with his book label pasted inside the front board, neatly rebacked, 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.
