Part I. containing I. A Concise History of the Art from its invention to the present time; with the several Charters granted to the Company of Stationers. II. Specimens of Printing Types of all Sizes, and various Languages, Music Types, Flowers and Ornaments. Part II. treating of I. The necessary Materials made use of in a Printing Office... of points, quadrate, spaces, rules, braces, quotations, flowers, &c. &c. II. Of printing presses, their construction and use particulars described, with a drawing of a press, and of its several parts, cut in Wood. III. Of wetting paper, knocking up balls, pulling, printing different colours, and other necessary rules and directions for the pressman. IV. Of the compositor's business,... with a great variety of examples and useful tables. V. Of correctors and correcting... VI. Of casting off copy. VII. Alphabets and characters of various languages and sciences. VIII. Of the business requisite to be done in the warehouse, and the duty of the warehouseman. IX. An explanation of technical terms used in printing. The whole forming a more intelligible and complete introduction to the art of printing than has been hitherto attempted, and containing a great variety of instructions and examples that are not to be found in any other performance.
London: J. Johnson, 1771. 8vo. modern full calf, five raised bands, title in gilt on a red leather spine label in the second compartment. Frontispiece; (xii), 502, (4) pages. Part I. containing I. A Concise History of the Art from its invention to the present time; with the several Charters granted to the Company of Stationers. II. Specimens of Printing Types of all Sizes, and various Languages, Music Types, Flowers and Ornaments. Part II. treating..... READ MORE about THE HISTORY AND ART OF PRINTING. IN TWO PARTS

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