ROXBURGHE CLUB. – POLLARD, Graham and Albert EHRMAN. The Distribution of Books by Catalogue from the Invention of Printing to A.D. 1800 based on Materials in the Broxbourne Library. Cambridge: Roxburghe Club, 1965. 4°. Corrigenda leaf loosely inserted. Illustrations and facsimiles, some full-page, some double-page. Original red morocco-backed cloth, black morocco gilt lettering piece on spine, top edges gilt (spine faintly rubbed and faded).
ONE OF 150 COPIES. Pollard and Ehrman’s work ‘remains unsurpassed … few books that have dealt with the history of catalogues have been more influential, and in many respects it remains to be fully exploited’ (McKitterick, ‘Book Catalogues: their varieties and uses’ in the Book Encompassed. Studies in Twentieth Century Bibliography (1992), p.164).
ROXBURGHE CLUB. – POLLARD, Graham and Albert EHRMAN. The Distribution of Books by Catalogue from the Invention of Printing to A.D. 1800 based on Materials in the Broxbourne Library. Cambridge: Roxburghe Club, 1965. 4°. Corrigenda leaf loosely inserted. Illustrations and facsimiles, some full-page, some double-page. Original red morocco-backed cloth, black morocco gilt lettering piece on spine, top edges gilt (spine faintly rubbed and faded).
ONE OF 150 COPIES. Pollard and Ehrman’s work ‘remains unsurpassed … few books that have dealt with the history of catalogues have been more influential, and in many respects it remains to be fully exploited’ (McKitterick, ‘Book Catalogues: their varieties and uses’ in the Book Encompassed. Studies in Twentieth Century Bibliography (1992), p.164).
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