Stephanorum Historia, vitas ipsorum ac libros complectens

London: Benjamin Motte for Chr. Bateman, 1709. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, ix, 564, (6) 133, 7p. (appendix), with frontispiece portrait (Robert Estienne) and 4p. of facsimiles showing Estienne devices. Later calf with professional restoration. A lovely bright copy. Ownership inscription: Jn. Carter, King's. 1926. Maittaire "was the first bibliographer who treated early printed books from a typographical point of view (Breslauer/Folter 96). In this book - his first - Maittaire gives biographies of the members of the Estienne family and an extensive bibliography (1575 entries) of their publications. Bookplate of Kenneth Rapoport.