A Practical Manual of Typography and Reference Book for Printers: Specially Prepared As a Text for Technical Classes in Typography, a List of Technical Questions Calculated to Draw out the Information of the Student is Appended

1898 second edition hardback from Wyman's Technical Series.Technical guide to typography at the height of the industrial revolution, when each letter was individually set into a frame before printing. Rear contains Ready Reckoner and Wages Table quoted at per hour for a week of 54 hours, lengths and widths of pages and Number of Leads in a Pound etc. In very good condition with no writing, marks or tears and all pages tight in binding, navy cloth covers clean and unscuffed.