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

Arthur Oldfield

Published by F Menken, London, 1898

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 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
• Publisher: F Menken, London
• Publication Date: 1898
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good