REPRINT -- Special Description Note- This is not a print on demand edition. Care has been taken to enhance and improve the original text whenever possible. Martino Publishing follows the standards of traditional printing and quality is a primary concern. We distinguish ourselves from Print on Demand by our quality controls, paper quality and binding quality. Octavo. Hardcover. xxi, 432 p. Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press 1932 [for 1930]. Among the most significant undertakings of the Bibliographical Society in the U.K. were the dictionaries of early English printers and booksellers, which with this edition extends the account through 1775. This is the fourth in a series of dictionaries covering the period from 1557; (1) A dictionary of printers and booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland ... 1557-1640, edited by R.B. McKerrow. 1910. (2) 1641-1667, by H.R. Plomer. 1907. (3) 1608-1725, by H.R. Plomer. 1922. The organization of the dictionary is alphabetical by subject. Dates for publishing activity are provided, as are associations with other printers and publishers, such as employment history and apprenticeship. The Dictionary also provides short biographical sketches based on available information