TYPOGRAPHIA: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE ART OF PRINTING; WITH PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR CONDUCTING EVERY DEPARTMENT IN AN OFFICE: WITH A DESCRIPTION OF STEREOTYPE AND LITHOGRAPHY.
Illustrated by Engravings, Biographical Notices, and Portraits.
- (London: Gregg Press, 1966).
- thick 8vo.
- cloth.
- Frontispiece: xvi, (x), 939, (26), (2) pages.
Price: $100.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 50528
Reprint of the 1825 first edition (Bigmore & Wyman I, 301 with a four-page description of this classic book on printing). A fine copy.
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, etc.
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