Notes & Queries Archive
REPLY1849

DIBDIN'S TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES

By S.R. MAITLAND.

Sir,—I am very glad to have elicited the information contained in your number just published respecting the copy of Borde's work in the Chetham Library. As I have a great respect for Mr. Ames, I must remark that he had no share in the blunder, and whenever a new edition of his work is undertaken, it will be well to look rather curiously into the enlargements of Dibdin. In the mean time this information naturally leads to another Query—or rather, to more than one—namely, "*Had* Mr. Bindley's copy this unique imprint? and what became of it at the sale of his books? or is it only one of the imagi…

Topics: Typography, Bibliography

Locations: Chetham Library