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Hansard, Thomas C.
TYPOGRAPHIA: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE ART OF PRINTING
WITH PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR CONDUCTING EVERY DEPARTMENT IN AN OFFICE: WITH A DESCRIPTION OF STEREOTYPE AND LITHOGRAPHY. Illustrated by Engravings, Biographical Notices, and Portraits.
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(London), (Gregg Press), (1966), cloth
Reprint of the 1825 first edition, Fine
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Reprint of the 1825 first edition (Bigmore & Wyman I, 301 with a four-page description of this classic book on printing). A fine copy.
With an historical introduction as part I covering the invention of printing, papermaking, history of bookselling, and typefounding; Part II has information on the practical aspects of printing including printing machinery, stereotype printing, lithography, decorative printing, etc.
(London: Gregg Press, 1966); thick 8vo., cloth; Frontispiece: xvi, (x), 939, (26), (2) pages. Book # 50528
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