The history of printing in America. [electronic resource] : With a biography of printers, and an account of newspapers. : To which is prefixed a concise view of the discovery and progress of the art in other parts of the world. : In two volumes. / By Isaiah Thomas, printer, Worcester, Massachusetts. ; Volume I[-II]. ; [Four lines of verse]

Author
Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Worcester [Mass.]: : From the press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Isaac Sturtevant, printer., 1810.
Description
2 v. : ill., facsims. ; 22 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Engraver
Callender, Joseph, 1751-1821 [Browse]
Ill
Marchant, Edward Dalton, 1806-1887 [Browse]
Lithographer
Pendleton's Lithography [Browse]
Library of Congress genre(s)
Series
Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 21483. [More in this series]
Notes
  • Folded plate facing p. 70 of v. 1 signed: Callender, sc.
  • Copyright May 11, 1810 by Isaiah Thomas.
  • Some copies include a frontispiece portrait of Thomas signed "Marchant, from the painting by Greenwood. Pendleton's Lithography, Boston." For a discussion of the portrait, lithographed about 1828, see Nichols, Charles L. "The portraits of Isaiah Thomas" in the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. 30 (1920): 251-277.
  • Vol. 1: vi, [1], 8-487, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2: iv, [1], 6-576 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded). Last page of v. 1 blank.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 21483).
References
Shaw & Shoemaker 21483
Other format(s)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place name(s)
United States Massachusetts Worcester.
Other title(s)
Shaw-Shoemaker digital edition
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