Typographia, or, The Printers' Instructor: Including an Account of the Origin of Printing, with Biographical Notices of the Printers of England, from Caxton to the Close of the Sixteenth Century: A Series of Ancient and Modern Alphabets, and Domesday Characters: Together with an Elucidation of Every Subject Connected with the Art (2 volumes)

John Johnson

Published by Published by Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Paternoster Row, London, London, 1824

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[Standard work on fine and decorative typography] 2 volumes set. 13 cm (12mo). Bound in handsome full calf, with gilt ornamental spines and borders. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Vol. 1: [8], xii, 610, [10] pages; vol. 2: [4], iv, 143, [1], 46, 191-588, 56, [645]-663, [17] pages. Wood engravings: added illustrated title pages, frontispieces (portraits), 1 plate, and text illustration. Large paper edition. Scattered spotting. "An extremely useful book." Lowndes, v. 5, p. 1215. Bigmore & Wyman I, 371; Hart no. 68.

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• Title: Typographia, or, The Printers' Instructor: Including an Account of the Origin of Printing, with Biographical Notices of the Printers of England, from Caxton to the Close of the Sixteenth Century: A Series of Ancient and Modern Alphabets, and Domesday Characters: Together with an Elucidation of Every Subject Connected with the Art (2 volumes)
• Publisher: Published by Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Paternoster Row, London, London
• Publication Date: 1824
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
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