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History of Printing Resources in Archives and Special Collections

Archives and Special Collections offers a variety of resources pertaining to the history of printing. These include materials dating from the 14th to 20th centuries.

Resources

Preprinting and Early Books

The Rohan Masters: A book of hours Call No.: ND3363.R6 R613

The Book of Kells  Call No.: ND3359.K4 B65 1974

Early Printing and Books

Sermones Gabrielis de festiuitatibus christi  Call No.: BT306.28 .B5

P. Virgilii Maronis cum veterum omnium commentariis et selectis recentiorum notis Call No.: PA6801 .A2 1646

Astronomicum Caesareum Call No.: QB41 .A6 1967

Non-Book Formats

Chapbook collection  Call No.: PS475.C47

Crawhall's chap-book chaplets  Call No.: PR973 .C68 1883

A catalogue of chap-books, garlands, and popular histories  Call No.: Z997 .H19

Private Press Movement

SPEC.006 Frederic W. Goudy Collection

The Story of the Village type  Call No.: Z232.G68 A3 1933

The Village Press : a retrospective exhibition   Call No.: Z121.V53 1933

Arthur W. Rushmore & the Golden Hind Press : a history & bibliography Call No.: Z232.G635 C38 2008

Saint Francis and the fierce wolf of Gubbio : a tale taken from "The little flowers" of Saint Francis of Assisi Call No.: BX4700.F63 S25 1931

Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, June 1st, 1896   Call No.: Z232.M87 K4 1896

Hand & soul Call No: PR5244.H4 1895

The story of the Glittering plain, which has been also called the Land of living men or the Acre of the undying Call No.: PR5079.S7 1894

Unique Formats

Please Plant this Book Call No.: PS3503.R2736 P55

Mobius Poem  Call No.: PS3557.R292 M6 1969

De-coll/age happenings Call No.: PN3205 .V613

Fine Bindings and Illustrations

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland  Call No.: PR4611 .A7 1969

Lamia, Isabella, The eve of St. Agnes, and other poems Call No.: PR4830 .E20

D. Junii Juvenalis et Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae Call No.: PA6446 .A2 1761