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Book/Printed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Title-pages of four early books in English relating to engraving

About this Item

Title

  • Title-pages of four early books in English relating to engraving; also the pages therein which contain the sections on engraving and printing from engraved plates, also the earliest illustration on an English book of an engraving instrument.

Names

  • Levis, Howard Coppuck.
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck. Title-pages of the two earliest books in the English language relating to engraving.
  • Chiswick Press.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
  • Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) DLC

Created / Published

  • London, Priv. print. at the Chiswick press, 1916.

Headings

  • -  Engraving--Bibliography
  • -  Title pages--Facsimiles

Notes

  • -  "In 1911 I had twenty copies printed of a little pamphlet with the ... title: Title-pages of the two earliest books in the English language relating to engraving ... In this present pamphlet I have printed the contents of the above, and have mentioned two other books" Preface, signed, H.C. Levis, April 1916.
  • -  "Thirty copies printed for private distribution."
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2458
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-05-25 update (1 card)
  • -  Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-05-25

Medium

  • [40] p. incl. illus., pl., facsims. 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Z5947.A3 L7 1916 Pennell (STORED OFF SITE - advance notice needed) [P&P] Copy 2 Z5947.A3 L7 1916 Copy 2 Forms part of the personal library materials in the Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. [General Collections] Copy 1

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 16011598

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Levis, Howard Coppuck, Howard Coppuck. Title-Pages Of The Two Earliest Books In The English Language Relating To Engraving Levis, Chiswick Press, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection Dlc, and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection Dlc. Title-pages of four early books in English relating to engraving; also the pages therein which contain the sections on engraving and printing from engraved plates, also the earliest illustration on an English book of an engraving instrument. , 1916. London, Priv. print. at the Chiswick press. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/16011598/.

APA citation style:

Levis, H. C., Levis, H. C. T. O. T. T. E. B. I. T. E. L. R. T. E., Chiswick Press, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection Dlc & Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection Dlc. (1916) Title-pages of four early books in English relating to engraving; also the pages therein which contain the sections on engraving and printing from engraved plates, also the earliest illustration on an English book of an engraving instrument. , 1916. London, Priv. print. at the Chiswick press. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/16011598/.

MLA citation style:

Levis, Howard Coppuck, et al. Title-pages of four early books in English relating to engraving; also the pages therein which contain the sections on engraving and printing from engraved plates, also the earliest illustration on an English book of an engraving instrument. London, Priv. print. at the Chiswick press. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/16011598/>.