15 pages. A facsimile reprint hand set in Caslon type and printed on a 200 year old press by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. It was the first in a series of reprints published by the Colonial Williamsburg Printing office. Widely considered the first book on printing published in Virginia, Typographia commemorated the establishment of the first printing press in the colony, the press of William Parks, who published the poem in 1733. There is a small light brown stain on the front cover; otherwise, the pamphlet is in almost as-new condition. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall.

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Title: TYPOGRAPHIA. AN ODE ON PRINTING. Inscribed to the Honourable William Gooch, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Virginia
Publisher: Printing Office of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia
Publication Date: 1970
Binding: Paperback
Edition: Reprint.
Condition: Very Good+
Book Type: Book

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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art is both a general antiquarian bookstore and a fine art gallery. In our open by appointment shop we have 3,000 books for collectors and researchers. In the next few months all of that inventory will be listed on Abebooks; in the meantime, please feel free to make requests. We also have collectible photographs (including hundreds of stereoviews), autographs (many astronauts), original lithographs & etchings by important artists, and much more. Please feel free to inquire.

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