Main entry:

Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831, author.

Title & Author:

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].

Publication:

Worcester [Massachusetts] : from the Press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun., 1810.
Isaac Sturtevant, printer

Description:

2 volumes : facsimiles, illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Pagination: v. 1: 487 p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2: 576 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded).
"Catalogue of booksellers in the colonies, from the first settlement of the country to the commencement of the Revolutionary War, in 1775": v. 2, p. 409-450.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Preface. Memoir of Isaiah Thomas by his grandson Benjamin Franklin Thomas. History of printing in America. app. A: History of printing in [Spanish] America. Communicated by John R. Bartlett [with lists of books printed in Mexico and Peru before 1600] app. 2.-I. -- II. History of printing (cont.): History of newspapers. Booksellers in the colonies, from the first settlement of the country to the commencement of the revolutionary war, in 1775. Appendixes. Catalogue of publications in what is now the United States, prior to the revolution of 1775-6 [comp. by Samuel F. Haven, jr. (also issued separately)] Index.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 21483
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 95405
Kelly, J. One hundred books famous in typography, 34.

Subject:

Printing United States History.
Printers United States Biography.
American newspapers History.
Booksellers and bookselling United States.
Printing America History.
Imprimerie Amérique Histoire.
Imprimerie États-Unis Histoire.
Imprimeurs États-Unis Biographies.
Journaux américains Histoire.
American newspapers
Booksellers and bookselling
Printers
Printing
America
United States

Form/genre:

American newspapers.
Stained leather (Binding)
Gold tooled leather (Binding)
copper engravings (visual works)
intaglio prints.
lithographs.
Lithographs
Intaglio prints
Biographies
History
Printed boards (Binding)
Leather bindings (Binding)
Fillet tools (Binding)
Dentelle bindings (Binding)
Lettering pieces (Binding)
Marbled papers (Binding)
Half bindings (Binding)
Leather bindings.
Dentelle bindings.
Marbled paper bindings.
Half bindings.
Provenance labels. MWA
Authors' presentation copies. MWA
Presentation inscriptions. MWA
Library copies. MWA
Publishers' copies. MWA
Extra-illustrated copies. MWA
Labels (Provenance) MWA
Bookplates (Provenance) MWA
Authors' presentation copies (Provenance) MWA
Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) MWA
Library copies (Provenance) MWA
Publishers' copies (Provenance) MWA
Annotations (Provenance) MWA
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance) MWA
Tailles-douces.
Lithographies.

Added entries:

Callender, Joseph, 1751-1821, engraver.
Marchant, Edward Dalton, 1806-1887, illustrator.
Thomas, Isaiah, Jun., 1773-1819, printer.
Sturtevant, Isaac, 1772?-1816, printer.
Force, Peter, 1790-1868, former owner.
Force, Peter, 1790-1868, annotator.
Pendleton's Lithography, lithographer.
Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
United States Massachusetts Worcester.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 43808
Call No.: 3002 Z205 REF; ID:89-B3492
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library study room 43807
Call No.: 3002 Z205 REF; ID:89-B3492
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available