Ottley (William Young) - An Inquiry concerning the Invention of Printing:

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An Inquiry concerning the Invention of Printing: In which the systems of Meerman, Heinecken, Santander, and Koning are reviewed; including also notices of the early use of wood-engraving in Europe, the block-books, etc. By William Young Ottley. With an introduction by J. Ph. Berjeau. Illustrated with thirty-seven plates and numerous wood-engravings. 4to, xlii, 377, [1] p., [38] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 30 cm., London (17 and 18 New Street, Covent Garden) : Joseph Lilly, 1863.
llustrations are woodcuts, etchings and lithographs. Quarter grained morocco, chipped at head of spine, green cloth sides. A very good clean copy.
"Our author ... to confine his investigation to the controversy ... between the rival claims of Haerlem and Mentz, of John Gutenberg and Laurens Coster ..." -- p. [ix].

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