The Edwardses of Halifax : The Making and Selling of Beautiful Books in London and Halifax, 1749-1826.
The Edwardses of Halifax is the definitive account of a family of Britain's leading bookbinders, publishers, and antiquarian booksellers.
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| Imprint: | Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2015. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Appendices: Bibliographies
- List of Illustrations
- Note on References
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Locations of Leading Booksellers and Printers
- Westward March of the Book Trade
- Richard Edwards' Edition of Young's Night Thoughts (1797) with Plates Designed and Engraved by William Blake
- Genealogy: Edwards of Halifax
- Genealogy: Edwards of Northowram
- Part I: William Edwards, Paterfamilias
- Bookselling 1748-1808
- Bookselling at Auction 1749-60
- Publishing 1749-1808
- Bookbinding
- Painted Transparent Vellum Bindings
- Fore-Edge Paintings
- Edwards Publications with Fore-Edge Paintings
- Other Members of the Edwards Family: William [Jr] (1753-86), John (1706-93), and John (1745-1819) of Lisbon and Northowram Hall, Yorkshire
- Style of Life 1796-1808
- Part II: James Edwards, the Medicean Bookseller
- 1 The Medicean Bookshop and James Edwards's Shop Catalogues 1784-1800
- John Edwards
- Catalogues 1784-1800
- Some Notable Friends
- Joseph Johnson the Bookseller
- Henry Fuseli the Artist
- Horace Walpole the Author
- Giambattista Bodoni and James Edwards: The Best Printer in Europe and the Best Bookseller in the World
- 2 Buying on the Continent and Selling at Auction 1786-1799
- 3 James Edwards as a Publisher 1785-1800
- Concealed Editions
- Elegance
- Books in French, Italian, German, and Latin, and Translations
- Reprints
- Range of Subjects
- Prospectuses
- Books in Parts
- Books Published by Subscription
- James Edwards's Printers
- His Co-Publishers
- His Accomplishments as a Publisher
- Books Imported by James Edwards
- Retirement from Publishing
- 4 The Bookseller as Diplomat: James Edwards, Lord Grenville, and Earl Spencer in 1800
- 5 Last Years
- Part III: Richard Edwards, Publisher of Church-and-King Pamphlets and of William Blake.
- Artist, Bookseller, and Civil Servant
- Church-and-King Publishing 1792-6
- Richard Edwards's Co-Publishers in Chronological Order
- Printers for Richard Edwards
- Illustrated Books Published by Richard Edwards
- The Great Illustrated-Book Publisher 1796-8
- Merigot's Rome (1796-8)
- Young's Night Thoughts (1797)
- Part IV: Thomas Edwards, an Important Provincial Bookseller
- Sale Catalogues 1812-34
- Publishing 1788-1826
- Style of Life
- Notes
- Index.