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Fakes and frauds: varieties of deception in print and manuscript

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Field name	Details
ISBN	090679577X (hbk.)
Title	Fakes and frauds : varieties of deception in print and manuscript / edited by Robin Myers and Michael Harris
Publisher	New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 1996
Physical desc.	xi, [1], 144 p. ; ill. (b&w) ; 22 cm.
Series	Publishing pathways
Note	First published: Winchester, UK : St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1989.
Note	Reprinted in 2006.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	'Less than the whole truth': false statements in 15th-century colophons / Lotte Hellinga -- On false and misleading imprints in the London book trade, 1660-1750 / Michael Treadwell -- Paper pirates: the alternative book trade in mid-18th century London / Michael Harris -- 'Et tu Brute?': history and forgery in 18th-century England / Joseph M. Levine -- Forgery and the rise of the London Scriveners' Company / Nigel Ramsay -- The forgery of printed documents / Nicolas Barker -- Forged handwriting / Tom Davis.
Subject	Books -- Forgeries -- History
	Books -- Forgeries -- England -- History
	Forgery of manuscripts -- History
	Forgery of manuscripts -- England -- History
	Literary forgeries and mystifications -- History
	Fictitious imprints -- History
Added name(s)	Myers, Robin
Added name(s)	Harris, Michael 1938-

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