Joseph Ames | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Joseph_Ames_-_Typographical_antiquities_(page_13_crop).jpg) Gravura de Joseph Ames em Typographical antiquities; or the history of printing in England, Scotland and Ireland, 1810 | |
| Born | 23 January 1689  |
| Died | 7 October 1759 (aged 70) |
| Occupation | Bibliographer, antiquarian, merchant |
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Joseph Ames (23 January 1689 – 7 October 1759) was an English bibliographer and antiquary. He purportedly wrote an account of printing in England from 1471 to 1600 entitled Typographical Antiquities (1749). It is uncertain whether he was by occupation a ship's chandler, a pattern-maker, a plane iron maker or an ironmonger. Though never educated beyond grammar school, he prospered in trade and amassed valuable collections of rare books and antiquities.[1]
- ^ Tedder 1885, pp. 353–355.