1873 1ed History of Booksellers Longman Cadell Colburn Moxon Milton Paradise

1873 1^ed History of Booksellers Longman Cadell Colburn Moxon Milton Paradise

‘A History of Booksellers’ is a rare, late 19^th-century book of biographical sketches of the most iconic and important booksellers and publishers including:

• The Longmans
• Cadell
• John Murray
• Henry Colburn
• Edward Moxon

However, the first chapter of this book is perhaps the most important. This chapter covers some of the earliest books, handwritten manuscripts in monasteries and institutions, and details on the earliest editions of the most famous pieces of literature such as Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’.

Item number: #16537

Price: $499

CURWEN, Henry

A History of Booksellers, the old and the new … With portraits and illustrations.

London : Chatto & Windus, [1873].

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • viii, 483, [1]
  • Visible repair at back inner hinge
  • Heavily illustrated throughout
• Provenance: Bookplate – Joseph M. Gleason
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
• Size: ~7.75in X 5.5in (19.5cm x 14cm)

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