[The Printer's Grammar, or, Introduction to the Art of Printing: containing a concise history of the art, with the improvements in the practice of printing, for the last fifty years, by C. Stower, printer.]

Stower (C.)

Published by 8vo, 505, 506*-507*, 506-530 pages, 48 unnumbered pages, plates (2 folded), 22 cm, London: Printed by the Editor, for B.Crosby and Co., 1808.

About this Item

Seven (of eight) inserted plates. With an inserted leaf, numbered 506*-507*, between pp.505 and 506, and a 32-page appendix of specimens of printing types at end. Many illustrations within the text. With an index. Lacking pages i-xviii, including the title-page and the engraved frontispiece of a Stanhope Press. Excellent series of type specimens from both Fry and Caslon foundries. Boards loose, lacking spine. Generally very good internally and despite being defective, still with some remarkable content. The specimens are: Fry & Steele printer's flowers (29 pages); Fry & Steele Printing Types (19 pages), and Caslon & Catherwood Printing Types (10 pages). The book itself is based on J. Smith, The Printer's Grammer, 1787.

Seller Inventory # 16583

Bibliographic Details

• Title: [The Printer's Grammar, or, Introduction to the Art of Printing: containing a concise history of the art, with the improvements in the practice of printing, for the last fifty years, by C. Stower, printer.]
• Publisher: 8vo, 505, 506*-507*, 506-530 pages, 48 unnumbered pages, plates (2 folded), 22 cm, London: Printed by the Editor, for B.Crosby and Co., 1808.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Poor
• Weight: 1 kilogram
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