Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of Some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English Writers From Wither to Prior, Vol. 1 of 3
Author | : Grolier Club |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2018-02-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 066641663X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780666416636 |
Rating | : 4/5 (3X Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of Some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English Writers From Wither to Prior, Vol. 1 of 3: With Collations, Notes, and More Than Two Hundred Facsimiles of Title-Pages and Frontispices T lie plan of collation kas remained t/ze same as adopted in tke former volume, tke test of over a dozen years' use kaving fully proved its general excellence. T be facsimiles of titles are partly by t/ze artotype process and partly printed directly in tke text. T be object of t/ze reproduction is to present a picture of t/ze title-page rat/zer t/zan t/ze exact size of t/ze original, w/iick kas seldom been more tlzan approximated. Indeed, extreme accuracy in t/zis respect is difficult owing to t/ze constant c/zanges in t/ze gelatin negative. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.