Name/Title
Caxton and The Art of PrintingEntry/Object ID
020.2.1.3Description
Green; Hardcover with a gold emblem design; 192 pages.
Glued to the inside cover is a white label with print lettering that says the following:
The † Perth † Mechanics † Institute
LIBRARY
Incorporated 1st Mar., 1881.
S & A (in black ink)
No. 1755 (the number 17 has three lines through it, so just 55)
Every book must be returned to the Library within as many weeks after it shall have been taken out as it contains hundreds of pages, under a forfeiture of Three Cents for each week's detention beyond that time.
On the opposite side of the page there is a red oval stamp that says:
PERTH
MECHANICS INSTITUTE
-LIBRARY-
Class S & A (in black ink).
No. S & A - 55 (in black ink)
Purple stamp says the following:
PERTH PUBLIC
No. S & A 232 (in black ink)
LIBRARY
The book contains the following:
Eight Chapters: Cylinders, the records of Babylon and Persepolis; The Weald of Kent; Settlement of Caxton in England; Wyken de Worde; Restrictions placed on the press; Facilities for publication; Contrast between the printing-office of Caxton and a modern typographical establishment and Marts for books.Dimensions
Height
14.7 cmWidth
1.5 cmLength
9.5 cm