A Dictionary Of Printers And Booksellers In England, Scotland, And Ireland, And Of Foreign Printers Of English Books 1557-1640

Reprint of the 1910 edition. Hardbound. Oversized octavo. 2 p. l., [vii]-xxiii, 346p. London, Printed for the Bibliographical Society, by Blades, East & Blades, 1910. New Copy. This volume is intended to contain the names of all printers, booksellers, binders and other persons connected with the book trade who are known to have worked in Great Britain and Ireland, or to have dealt in English books on the Continent during the years 1557-1640. The notices are the work of H.R. Plomer, who did the London printers and Stationers. Aldis wrote the Scottish articles, and Dix was responsible for the Irish trade. For each entrée the authors provide a brief biography and relevant bibliographical information relating to said person. A useful bio-bibliography.