[PRINTING]. MEERMAN, Gerardo. Origines Typographicae. The Hague, Paris and London, 1765. 4o. 2 portrait engravings, 1 folding table and 10 specimen plates (neatly trimmed, some offsetting to title page). Contemporary boards (rubbed, spine chipped). Bigmore and Wyman II, p. 32 -- LAIRE, Francois Xavier. Specimen historicum typographiae Romanae XV. Saeculi. Rome, 1778. 8o. (Minor foxing, minor stains to title page.) Vellum-backed decorative boards (upper hinge broken, rubbed). -- WOLF, Johann Christian. Monumenta typographica, quae artis hujus praestantissima. Hamburg, 1740. Vol. 1 (of 2). 8o. (Foxed). Later half-calf and marbled boards (rubbed). Provenance: Archibald Grant (bookplate). -- SCHOEPFLIN, Johann Daniel. Vindicae Typographicae. Strassburg, 1760. 4o. Contemporary quarter-sheep and marbled boards with morocco spine label (small crack in upper joint, rubbed). Bigmore and Wyman II, p. 318. (4)

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[PRINTING]. MEERMAN, Gerardo. Origines Typographicae. The Hague, Paris and London, 1765. 4o. 2 portrait engravings, 1 folding table and 10 specimen plates (neatly trimmed, some offsetting to title page). Contemporary boards (rubbed, spine chipped). Bigmore and Wyman II, p. 32 -- LAIRE, Francois Xavier. Specimen historicum typographiae Romanae XV. Saeculi. Rome, 1778. 8o. (Minor foxing, minor stains to title page.) Vellum-backed decorative boards (upper hinge broken, rubbed). -- WOLF, Johann Christian. Monumenta typographica, quae artis hujus praestantissima. Hamburg, 1740. Vol. 1 (of 2). 8o. (Foxed). Later half-calf and marbled boards (rubbed). Provenance: Archibald Grant (bookplate). -- SCHOEPFLIN, Johann Daniel. Vindicae Typographicae. Strassburg, 1760. 4o. Contemporary quarter-sheep and marbled boards with morocco spine label (small crack in upper joint, rubbed). Bigmore and Wyman II, p. 318. (4)

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