Books on Printers and Printing, Bibliography, Manuscripts, Bookbinding: With an Appendix of Beautiful Books from Famous Modern PressesMaggs Bros., 1925 - 280 pages |
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| Title | Books on Printers and Printing, Bibliography, Manuscripts, Bookbinding: With an Appendix of Beautiful Books from Famous Modern Presses Catalogue, Maggs Bros Volume 468 of Maggs Bros |
| Author | Maggs Bros |
| Publisher | Maggs Bros., 1925 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 280 pages |
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