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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824713503321

Autore

Bentley G. E., Jr. (Gerald Eades), <1930-2017, >

Titolo

The Edwardses of Halifax : the making and selling of beautiful books in London and Halifax, 1749-1826 / / G.E. Bentley, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4426-6200-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Disciplina

070.5092/2

Soggetti

LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading

England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Appendices: Bibliographies -- Illustrations -- Note on References -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. William Edwards, Paterfamilias -- Part II. James Edwards, the Medicean Bookseller -- Part III. Richard Edwards, Publisher of Church-and-King Pamphlets and of William Blake -- Part IV. Thomas Edwards, an Important Provincial Bookseller -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Edwardses of Halifax is the definitive account of a family of Britain's leading bookbinders, publishers, and antiquarian booksellers.