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Description: | The Early and Fine Printing Collection contains over 8,000 books printed before 1701.
The Early Printing Collection includes a splendid collection of early atlases donated by W.A.Cadbury and two local parish libraries on deposit from Kings Norton and Sheldon, originally the libraries of Rev. Thomas Hall (1610-1665) and Rev. Thomas Bray (1656-1730).
The Fine Printing Collection includes an almost complete collection of books and examples of ephemera printed by John Baskerville, the 18th century Birmingham type designer and printer, and books printed by many other famous private presses of the late 1890s to the present day, including David Wishart and Bill Pardoe.
In addition the William Ridler Collection of Fine Printing was deposited in 1988.
There is an outstanding collection of fine Illustrated Books , many hand-coloured. In addition there are examples of bookbindings ranging from the 15th century to the work of contemporary designers.
For more details visit www.birmingham.gov.uk/earlyfineprint
The collection is held in Information Services situated in Birmingham Central Library. For more information visit www.birmingham.gov.uk/informationservices | Format: | books | Subjects: | Illustrated books Printing Atlases Bookplates Bookbinding Fine books Antiquarian books Library collections | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 0121 233 4458 | Telephone: | 0121 303 4511 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:7903 | Format: | books | Go to resource |
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