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| | [MAITTAIRE, Michael]., Historia Typographorum aliquot Parisiensium Vitas et Libros complectens. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | First edition of this pioneer work in the history of printing and bibliography. |
 | | The first part consists of biographies of a number of 16th and 17th century Parisian printers including Simon de Colines, Michel Vascosan, Guillaume Morel, Adrien Turnèbe, Fédéric Morel, Jean Bienné, and several other members of the Morel family. |
 | | The second part contains bibliographical lists of the books produced by these printers, followed by a classified catalogue of their books, arranged by subject.Maittaire (1668-1747), classical scholar and bibliographer, was born in France but spent all his mature years in England, having been educated at Westminster and Oxford.Fine and attractive copy.Bigmore & Wyman, II, p. |
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