Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Printing: A Descriptive Bibliography, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (vol. 102) - Hardcover

Miller, C. William

 
9780871691026: Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Printing: A Descriptive Bibliography, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (vol. 102)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0871691027 ISBN 13: 9780871691026
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press, 1974

Synopsis

Franklin's printing house was one of the most influential in all the Brit. colonies in the 18th cent. Here are bibliographically accurate descriptions of the more than 800 items from broadsides to books printed by Franklin or by the partnership of Franklin and Hall. Lists 600+ pieces of job printing by Franklin, and another 100 items erroneously ascribed to the Franklin shop. Includes a summary account of Franklin's career as a printer in Phila., and individual essays on his dealings with the Brit. type-founders, the colonial Amer. papermakers, and the PA and New England bookbinders. Includes specimens of Franklin's first type fonts and pictorial reproductions of his stock of decorative ornaments and of rubbings of binders' tools found on vol. bearing his imprint.

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Publisher
American Philosophical Society Press
Publication date
1974
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0871691027
ISBN 13 
9780871691026
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
583