Blades (William) - The Pentateuch of Printing, with a Chapter on Judges.

The Pentateuch of Printing, with a Chapter on Judges. By William Blades. With a Memoir of the Author, and List of his Works, by Talbot B. Reed. Crown 4to, 26cm, pp.xxvi, fly-title, 117 + frontispiece & 2 inserted folding plates, London: Elliot Stock, 1891.
Woodcut frontispiece, engraved title-page by G.G. Manton, profusely illustrated within the text with decorative initials, vignettes from old books, full-page plates, inserted folding plates and facsimiles. Scarlet grained cloth, elaborately blocked and titled in gold on the front, gold top.  Armorial bookplate.  A near fine copy.