Dickson (Robert) & John Philip Edmond - Annals of Scottish Printing.

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Annals of Scottish Printing. From the Introduction of the Art in 1507 to the beginning of the Seventeenth Century. By Robert Dickson & John Philip Edmond. 4to, xv, 530 p. : ill., facsims. ; 30 cm., Cambridge : Macmillan & Bowes, 1890.
Number 364 of 500 "Small Paper" copies signed by J.P. Edmonds; black buckram, spine gilt, endpapers a touch spotted. A very good copy indeed.
The first half of the work (chap. I-XX), edited by Mr. Edmond, is based on Dr. Dickson's earlier studies, comprising (1) a series of articles on "Early Scottish typography," in the Printers' register, 1876-78; (2) "Who was Scotland's first printer?" 1881; (3) "Introduction of the art of printing into Scotland." 1885. The second half of the work (chap. XXI-XXXVIII) is by Mr. Edmond alone.

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