The history of printing in America : 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/creator Thomas, Isaiah
Other author Callender, Joseph, 1751-1821, engraver.
Other author Marchant, Edward Dalton, 1806-1887, illustrator.
Other author Pendleton's Lithography, lithographer.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWorcester [Mass.] : From the press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Isaac Sturtevant, printer, 1810.
Description2 volumes : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 21483. ^A575643
General noteFolded plate facing p. 70 of v. 1 signed: Callender, sc.
General noteCopyright May 11, 1810 by Isaiah Thomas.
General noteSome 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.
General noteVol. 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 21483
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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).

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