Collection of Portraits of Printers and Book Sellers

File — Container: 004-03-01

Identifier: 004-03-01

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Daniel Berkeley Updike Collection of Book Trade Portraits

Scope and Contents

The collection includes portraits of over 400 printed images of printers, booksellers and other members of the book trades. The entire collection has been digitized and descriptions of each item are available on www.provlibdigital.org.

Dates

1700 - 1899

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are ppen for research.

Conditions Governing Use

PPL believes this collection is in the public domain. Users of this item are responsible for determining copyright restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

The volume set of printed portraits of booksellers and printers was created by an unknown collector. It represents portraits of individuals involved in the book trade in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most of the portraits are plate that appear to have been cut from published works, however, most of the original publications are not identified.

The set was purchased by PPL and added to the existing Daniel Berkeley Updike Collection on the History of Printing. Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941) was a scholar of typography, American printer and founder of the Merrymount Press.

Extent

4 Linear Feet (4 binders)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is organized into four volumes titled “Portraits of Printers and Booksellers”. Portraits are organized alphabetically according to the subject.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

It is believed that the binders were purchased from the Chiswick Book Shop in June of 1960 to be added to the Updike Collection on the History of Printing at PPL.

Processing Information

The collection was digitized in 2010 under the supervision of Richard Ring with support from Robin Camille Davis, Janaya Kizzie and Zachary Lewis. The finding aid was created in 2018 by Kate Wells.