(Bird & Bull Press) Numismata Typographica: The Medallic History of Printing
$40.00
31. (Bird & Bull Press) Numismata Typographica: The Medallic History of Printing. By William Blades. With a Foreword by Henry Morris. Newtown. 1992. 144p, + XXIV plates. 11″ x 8.5″. Gray cloth over boards with paper title label and gilt title on spine. One in an edition of 300 copies. Fine.
A reprint of Blades’ book which originally appeared in monthly installments in The Printers Register, all parts published by 1883. It includes 24 full-page line plates depicting most of the medals described. An indispensable reference for the collector of printing medals.
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