The John Crerar Library
A list of Books on the History of Industry and industrial Arts

204 BOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF INDUSTRY [Watson, James], d. 1722. 655.1 F6 62379 The history of the art of printing, containing an account of it’s invention and progress in Europe: with the names of the famous printers, the places of their birth, and the works printed by them, and a preface by the publisher to the printers in Scotland. Edin- burgh, printed by J. Watson, 1713. [2], 24, xlviii, 64 p. illus. I7cm. Text by John Spottiswood, translated from J. de La Caille’s Histoire de 1’imprimerie, with additional information on printing in Scotland. “Specimen of types in the printing-house of James Watson,” xlviii p. Preface, 24 p., and p. 63-64 of the text, wanting. Weigel, Theodor Oswald, 1812-1881. A092 M500 38197 Die Anfänge der Druckerkunst in Bild und Schrift. An deren frühesten Erzeugnissen in der Weigel’schen Sammlung erläutert von T. O. Weigel und Dr. Ad. Zestermann. Mit 145 Facsimiles und vielen in den Text gedruckten Holzschnitten. Erster- ^zweiter] Band. Leipzig, 1866. 2 vol. illus, front, (port.), 145 facsim on 103 plates, (partly col. partly fold.) 4icm. 655.11 History of printing — Invention and early development Bernard, Auguste. 655.11 L200 36796 De l’origine et des debuts de 1’imprimerie en Europe. 2 vol. fac- sim. O. Paris 1853. Contents: Vol. i. Da l’invention et des inventeurs de 1’imprimerie. [2],xvi,3i5 p. 13 facsim. Vol. 2. De la propagation et des premiers propagateurs de 1’imprimerie. [2],iv,452 p. Blades, William, 1824-1890. 010.4 B561 »9326 ßooks jn chains, and other bibliographical papers, by the late William Blades, .... London, E. Stock, 1892. xl, 232 p. inch front. i8cm. (The book-lover’s library.) Contents. — Introduction [a general notice of Mr. Blades’ life-work, by Henry Benja- min Wheatley]—Books in chains: pt. I. Wimborne minster, pt. n. England and abroad. —The use and development of signatures in books. — The early schools of typog- raphy. [From] the Book-worm (Berjeau) March, 1870.—On the present aspect of the question, Who was the inventor of printing? [Read at the meeting of the Library asso- ciation of the United Kingdom, at Birmingham, September 20-23, 1887] —De ortu ty- pographic [From] the Book-worm, February-May, 1888: pt. I. Introduction, pt. Il- in. Coster v. Gutenberg, pt. IV. Gutenberg v. Coster. — Early Greek types of the Royal Printing Office, Paris, and the Chancellor of Cambridge University. [From] the Book- worm (Berjeau) January, 1869. — The first printing-press in England, as pictorially pre- sented. [From] the Book-worm (Berjeau) October, 1869. Börckel, Alfred. 655.1 Qooi 30417 Gutenberg und seine berühmtesten Nachfolger im ersten Jahr- hundert der Typographie, nach ihrem Leben und Wirken darge- stellt. xii,2ii p. 150 il. 1 por. O. [Klimsch’s graphische Bib- liothek, vol. 5.] Frankfurt a M.: Klimsch & Co., 1900. Reprinted from Allgemeiner Anzeiger für Druckereien, vol. 26-27, 1899-1900.