Brief Description:
A four-volume work on the early history of printing, based on earlier books, and published between 1810 and 1819.

Table of Contents:
Volume 1: Advertisement; List of subscribers; 1. Ames's preface; 2. Memoirs of Ames; 3. Herbert's preface; 4. Some account of Herbert; 5. Preliminary disquisition; 6. Some account of the life of Caxton; 7. Books printed by Caxton; 8. Supplement; 9. Index. Volume 2: Advertisement; 1. Account of books printed by John Lettou; 2. John Lettou and William Machlinia; 3. Account of books printed by William Machlinia; 4. Wynken de Worde; 5. Richard Pynson; 6. Julian Notary; Addenda; Index. Volume 3: Advertisement; 1. William Faques; 2. Henry Pepwell; 3. Peter Treveris; 4. James Nicholson; 5. John Redman; 6. Christopher Truthall; 7. Thomas Godfray; 8. John Skot; 9. John Rastell; 10. Robert Copland; 11. William Copland; 12. Robert Wyer; 13. Robert Redman and Elizabeth Redman; 14. Richard Bankes; 15. Laurence Andrewe; 16. John Reynes; 17. Thomas Berthelet; 18. Richard Fawkes; 19. John Haukins; 20. William Rastell; 21. John Toye; 22. John Byddell; 23. Thomas Gibson; 24. John Gowghe; 25. William Marshall; 26. Richard Grafton; 27. Edward Whitchurch; 28. William Baldwin; 29. Thomas Petit; 30. John Wayland; 31. Andrew Hester; 32. Michael Lobley; 33. John Mayler; 34. William Middleton; 35. John Herforde and his family; 36. Thomas Raynald; 37. Robert Toy and his widow; 38. Richard Lant; 39. William Bonham; 40. Leonard Askell; 41. Nicholas Bourman; Index. Volume 4: Advertisement; 1. Reynold Wolfe and his widow; 2. William Follingham or Follington; 3. John Day; 4. Richard Day; 5. Timothy Rider; 6. Henry Disle; 7. Robert Redbourne; 8. William Seres; 9. Henry Smyth; 10. Nicholas Hyll; 11. Richard and John Wyer; 12. Richard and Joan Jugge; 13. John and Robert Walley; 14. William Powell; 15. Hugh Singleton; 16. Richard Kele; 17. Anthony Scoloker; 18. Humphrey Powell; 19. Robert Stoughton; 20. Gualter Lynne; 21. William Hill; 22. Robert Crowley; 23. John Kynge; 24. William Tilly; 25. Thomas Gualtier; 26. John Tysdall; 27. Stephen Myerdman, John Case, Richard Charlton, John Turk; 28. Abraham Veale; 29. John Wight; 30. John Cawood; 31. William Riddell; 32. Rowland Hall; 33. Richard Tottel; 34. Robert Caley; 35. John Kingston; 36. Henry Sutton; 37. Thomas Marshe; 38. Thomas Geminie, or Gemini; 39. Anthony Kidson, or Kytson; 40. Thomas Powell, or Powel; 41. Owen Rogers, or Ap-Rogers; 42. William Norton; 43. Richard Adams; 44. Richard Harrison; 45. David Moptid and John Mather; 46. John Sampson, alias Awdeley; 47. John Allde; 48. Thomas Hacket; Index.

Marc Notes:
A four-volume work on the early history of printing, based on earlier books, and published between 1810 and 1819. When it was first published, the original author, Joseph Ames, had been dead for 50 years. As the title page explains, his work was considerably augmented by William Herbert and then 'greatly enlarged, with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings' by Thomas Frognall Dibdin.