LITERATURE OF PRINTING, A CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY AND ART OF TYPOGRAPHY, CHALCOGRAPHY AND LITHOGRAPHY.
- London: Privately printed, 1877.
- 8vo.
- 19th c. cloth covered boards, gilt on spine
- (iv), 149, (3) pages.
- ISBN: none
Price: $800.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 39284
First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 332). Bigmore & Wyman claim that "only a very few copies were issued." They also state that this was the first attempt to form a bibliography of printing. Beautifully printed by the Chiswick Press on Whatman paper. Plate of printing press facing title. Front gutter cracked. Minor wear at tips and head / tail of spine. In a late 19th c. cloth binding. Internally a bright and fresh copy.
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