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Filename:
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cc_2020_papiermachesp9
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Identifier:
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cc_2020_papiermachesp9
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Title:
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The origin and progress of the art of writing : a connected narrative of the development of the art in its primeval phases in Egypt, China, and Mexico ... and its subsequent progress to the present day
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Creator:
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Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879
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Subject:
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Writing - History
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Subject:
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Paleography
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Subject:
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Chromolithography - Specimens
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Subject:
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Bookbinding - Specimens - Papier mâché
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Summary:
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Col. lithographs by H.N. Humphreys and published by Day & Son, Lith. to the Queen; plates of facsims. printed by P. Jerrard III, Fleet St. Original black papier mâché binding with leather spine and hinges; boards pierced to expose red paper backing.
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Publisher:
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Day and Son, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn, Taylor and Greening, Graystoke Lane, Fetter Place
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Digital Publisher:
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Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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Contributor:
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Day & Son
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Contributor:
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Leighton Son & Hodge
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Date of Original:
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1855
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Date of Digitization:
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2020
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Broad Type:
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still image
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Specific Type:
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books
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Digital File Format:
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jpeg
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Dimensions of Original:
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27 cm.
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Language:
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English
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Original Item Location:
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SPECIMEN Papier mâché 9
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Library Collection:
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Bernard C. Middleton Collection of Books on the History and Practice of Bookbinding
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Digital Project:
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2020_0040_papiermache
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Catalog Record:
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https://albert.rit.edu/record=b1839065
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Place:
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England - London
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Rights:
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RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
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Notes:
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Printer statement from t.p verso. "List of plates" and errata: p.[2]. Plates V and XVIII are unnumbered. Plate XIV numbered "14"; plate XIVa numbered "XIV."
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Notes:
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illustrated by a number of specimens of the writing of all ages and a series of facsimiles from autograph letters from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century
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Other Title:
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History of writing
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