Johnson J Ohn (3 results)

Hardcover. 2 Volumes. 8vo. 4 p.l., xii, 610, [10]; 2 p.l., iv, 663, [17]. 2 wood-engraved titles by J.Thompson, 3 wood-engraved plates. numerous wood-engraved text illus. & vignettes (incl. portraits of printers, printer's devices). each page of text within border of typographical ornaments. untrimmed in new quarter cloth, preserving original endpapers & printed spine labels. First Edition. 'Of the few standard works on the art of printing in the English language, this is perhaps the most familiar.[The first volume contains] a table of the introduction of the art into the different countries.after which comes the 'introduction and progess of the art in Great Britain', with a list of the productions of the first printers up to 1599.The second volume may be described as practical, in contradistinction to the first, which is historical. It gives a description of types, directions for composing, for press, and warehouse work, &c. It is particularly rich in foreign alphabets, a feature which has gained of it great estimation.it has long since become, and deservedly, a printer's classic.' (Bigmore & Wyman) Bigmore & Wyman I pp. 371-72. …

Condition: Modern red morocco. First edition. First edition. xii, 610, [12]; [8], iv, 663, [1], [18]pp. 2 vols. 32mo (4-3/4 x 3 inches). One Hundred Books Famous in Typography 39 xii, 610, [12]; [8], iv, 663, [1], [18]pp. 2 vols. 32mo (4-3/4 x 3 inches).

Two vols. Thick 8vo. 7 x 4.25 in. Engraved frontisp. each vol., extra-engraved title pages, woodcut-engraved borders throughout, numerous illusts., diagrams, woodcuts. Contemporary diced olive-green calf, raised bands on spine, gilt decorated, red & gilt morocco spine labels, fore-edges of textblock speckled red (very minor shlefwear, slight rubbing & wear to couple corners, lower front hinge vol. II a little tender), still an excellent set. First edition of this famed set providing an excellent history of the origins of English Printing and typography to 1599, and including an extensive sections on various alphabets, including Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Russian, Irish, Old Irish, Gothic, German, and many others. The sections on printing, typography, forging types, typesetting, and various presses are extensive and detailed. Johnson (1777-1848) worked for a private press at Lee Priory, Kent which published limited editions of poetry, prose and pamphlets, but eventually failed.…