The Word

PRINTED BY IFE-OLU

Reconstructing the surviving catalogue of a Nigerian-owned printing enterprise associated with Ignatius Washington Osilaja.

The Ife-Olu digital shelf

One printer can leave traces in many libraries.

Each catalogue entry records the title, author, year, language, edition, printing location, colophon, known surviving copies and its evidence trail.

1934
KNOWN LEAD

Iwe Itan Ijebu ati awon ilu miran

D. Onadele Epega ยท second edition. A symbolic connection between the Osilaja printing story and the written history of Ijebuland.

CATALOGUE IN PROGRESS
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HELP NEEDED

What else did Ife-Olu print?

Old books, programmes, invoices, advertisements and printer colophons can help rebuild the catalogue.