Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Ames, Joseph, 1689-1759
Title:
Typographical antiquities, or, The history of printing in England, Scotland and Ireland : containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them / begun by the late Joseph Ames ... considerably augmented by William Herbert ... and now greatly enlarged with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings ; comprehending the history of English literature, and a view of the progress of the art of engraving in Great Britain by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin ...
Published / Created:
London : Printed for William Miller ..., by William Savage ..., 1810-1819.
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Illustrations engraved by Henry Hoppner Meyer, Thomas Hodgetts and William Say; after Henry Edridge, Thomas Cook, George Romney, and Sir William Beechey.
Subject Terms:
Minto family -- Provenance. | Bradfer-Lawrence, H. L. (Harry Lawrence) -- Bookplate. | Miller, William -- Publisher. | Savage, William -- Printer. | Bulmer (W.) and Co. -- Printer. | Murray, John -- Publisher. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown -- Publisher. | Printing -- Great Britain -- History. | Printers -- Great Britain. | Engraving -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Mezzotints -- 1810-1819. | Etchings -- 1810-1819. | Stipple engravings -- 1810-1819. | Woodcuts -- 1810-1819. | Wood engravings -- 1810-1819.
Contributors:
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776–1847. | Herbert, William, 1718–1795. | Gough, Richard, 1735–1809. | Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783–1847, engraver. | Hodgetts, Thomas, active 1801–1846, engraver. | Say, William, 1768–1834, engraver. | Edridge, Henry, 1769–1821, ill. | Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744–1818, ill. | Romney, George, 1734–1802, ill. | Beechey, William, Sir, 1753–1839, ill.