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Bibliotheca staffordiensis; or, A bibliographical account of books and other printed matter relating to--printed or published in--or written by a native, resident, or person deriving a time from--any portion of the county of Stafford: giving a full collation and biographical notices of authors and printers. Together with as full a list as possible of prints, engravings, etchings, &c., of any part thereof; and portraits of persons so connected
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Bibliotheca staffordiensis; or, A bibliographical account of books and other printed matter relating to--printed or published in--or written by a native, resident, or person deriving a time from--any portion of the county of Stafford: giving a full collation and biographical notices of authors and printers. Together with as full a list as possible of prints, engravings, etchings, &c., of any part thereof; and portraits of persons so connected. Comp. by Rupert Simms.
Published
Lichfield, Printed for the compiler by A.C. Lomax, 1894.
Physical Description
xxv p., 1 l., 546 p., 1 l. 29 cm.
Local Notes
SML,Y X475 S78 +894: No. 105 of 450 copies printed for subscribers only.
Notes
"Peculiar circumstances associated with the work ... (1) This book has been wholly written without the use of hands. (2) It is the first work in literary history actually so written. (3) And, therefore, in that sense, it is unique."--Pref.
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Latin
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Bibliography
List of subscribers: p. [xv]-xxv.
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