TYPOGRAPHIA: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS, BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES, AND PORTRAITS.
London: Baldwin, 1825. 8vo. contemporary half leather over marbled paper-covered boards, all edges marbled. Frontispiece: (x), xvi, 939, (29), (2) pages. First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 301 with a four page description of this classic book on printing). With an historical introduction as part I covering the invention of printing, papermaking, history of bookselling and typefounding; Part II has information on the practical aspects of printing, including printing machinery, stereotype printing, lithography, decorative printing..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIA: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS,...
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