Blades, William. Books in chains, and other bibliographical papers

General notes

Four of the articles originally appeared in The Book-worm. Jan. 1869-May 1888

Contents

Introduction [a general notice of Mr. Blades' life-work / Henry Benjamin Wheatley] -- Books in chains: pt. I. Wimborne minster. pt. II. England and abroad -- The use and development of signatures in books -- The early schools of typography /[from] the Book-worm (Berjeau) March, 1870 -- On the present aspect of the question, Who was the inventor of printing? [Read at the meeting of the library association of the United Kingdom, at Birmingham, September 20-23, 1887] -- De ortu typographiae / [From] the Book-worm. February-May, 1888: pt. I. Introduction. pt. II-III. Coster v. Gutenberg. pt. IV. Gutenberg v. Coster -- Early Greek types of the Royal printing office, Paris, and the chancellor of Cambridge university / [From] the Book-worm (Berjeau) January, 1869 -- The first printing-press in England, as pictorially presented / [From] the Book-worm (Berjeau) October, 1889