McKerrow, R.B.

Printers' & Publishers' Devices in England & Scotland 1485-1640 (Bibliographical Society Illustrated Monographs No. XVI).

      Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press, London. Large 4to, liv, 216 pp text, + 140 pp of reproductions of 428 devices. Original buckram & boards. Library cancel to rear of title & on front inside board, else fine. From the preface: "The present volume is intended to contain an account of all marks and devices used by printers and publishers resident in England and Scotland from the time of the introduction of printing until 1640, and also of all wood-cut borders and ornaments containing the owner's device or initials used here during the period. The devices of foreign printers of books for the English market are not included, nor are those of one or two foreign firms trading in England, such as the Birckmans, whose business seems rather to have been of the nature of an agency than independent, and who used the device of their principal establishment on the Continent. " Contents: Preface; Introduction; Printers' Devices; Appendix of Untraced Devices, Etc; Notes on the Transfer of Devices; Facsimiles; Indexes: I. Devices and Compartments According to Size. II. Printers, Booksellers, Etc.; III. Mottoes and Inscriptions; IV. Initials of Designers or Engravers; V. Devices and Compartments According to Subjects Represented.