Tag Archive: early printed books

1. 

   — 29th March 2017

   Eu(have got to be)clid(ding me)

   The first English translation of Euclid was brought out by the printer John Daye in London in 1570. The translation was made by Henry Billingsley, (d.1606), a rich merchant who...

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   — 13th December 2016

   Early bindings at Chetham’s library – part 2 (Leather)

   For much of the early history of printing, books were distributed unbound by printers due to the high costs involved with book binding. This expense was often passed on to...

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   — 25th November 2016

   Early bindings at Chetham’s library – part 1 (Vellum)

   This afternoon’s blog post is the first of two that are a part of the work done by Nathan Shipstone, here with us this year as part of a highly...

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