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Paperback / softback. New.

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Hardback. New.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1970. Hardcover with dustjacket, 28 cm, 251 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0198181426. .

Oxford University Press, 1970 4to (28 cm), front., XX, 251 pp, 16 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket, gilt-lettered spine (ex-library copy with usual marks and stamps but clean and firm, dj frayed at extremities with small parts missing, collector's blind stamp and label on the front free endpaper). Published in 1930, "Proof-Reading in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries" is a comprehensive study of the history and practice of proofreading during the early modern period. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, including manuscript notes and corrected proofs, author James Simpson provides a fascinating account of the methods and techniques used by printers and correctors to ensure the accuracy of printed texts. With a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of the material, Simpson sheds new light on the role of proofreading in the development of the printing industry, and offers a compelling insight into the challenges and opportunities faced by early… Leer más

Oxford University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Foxed on top cut.

1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket . No dustwrapper. SMALL QUARTO. - w/ 17 facsimile plates & 4 facsimiles in the text - Bound in quarter blue cloth w/ brown paper covered boards, and gilt titles to spine - Ex-library with minor markings and blind stamps throughout - Corners and edges of boards heavily bumped and scuffed w/ boards exposed in several places - Covers rubbed, especially to joints and spine - Small stain to rear cover and another to rear fore-edge - Edges of text block toned - Residue of label on FFEP - Front hinge breached but not open - Book ow/ solid and text clean and bright - 1st edition - No dustwrapper - vii, 251 pages