Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
[Receipt & guard-book of the Caxton Printing Office, Leicester. 1818-1868]
Call Number
Oversize 2010-0016E
Identifier
ark:/88435/hh63t538j
Publisher
[1818-1868]
Language
English
Date Created
1818-1868]
Extent
1 v. : ill. ; 49 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Scrapbook of items relating to 50 English printing trade firms (including printers, type founders, engravers and printing equipment merchants).
Comprised of: approximately 350 mounted woodcuts; miniature books; receipts, letters, and other business materials.
Housed in clamshell box.
Title from box lid.
Caxton Printing Office was established by John Fowler.

Discovery Information

Subject
Caxton Printing Office
Printing—England—History—19th century
Private presses—England—Specimens
Scrapbooks—England—19th century
Woodcuts—England—19th century
Letters—England—19th century
Miniature books

Physical Characteristics

File Count
216

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a4097dce-ca45-465a-a2cf-dc3cb96c67ae/manifest