Typographia

Philadelphia: At No. 118 Chesnut St and No. 8 Franklin Place, 1844. Stated second edition. 12mo (20cm). In brown cloth, blindstamped, and titled in gilt on spine; yellow coated endpapers; [i]-vi [7] 8-282, [5]pp; ad for Adams' "Printers' Furnishing Warehouse" at rear; illustrated with in-text wood engravings, including several pictures of presses, diagrams of different lays of the case,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: L. Johnson & Co., 1854. Original pebbbled cloth, gilt title and tooled in the blind, (7.75 x 5 inches), 282 pages; illustrated. Fourth Edition, with numerous emendations and additions. Full title: "Typographia: or the Printer's Instructor; A Brief Sketch of the Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Typographic Art, with Practical Directions for Conducting Every Department in an… Read more about this item

New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1981. Reprint of 1844 edition. Hardcover. 0824038932 . Nineteenth-Century Book Arts And Printing History; 282 pages .

Philadelphia: Printed and published by the compiler, 1837 First edition of a classic American printer's manual, kept in print until 1864 and ultimately replaced as the standard manual by MacKellar's American Printer in 1866. Later cloth with gilt spine, new endpapers. . Octavo. With four plates, printed on a clay-finished paper, including three showing presses: the Ruthven, Philadelphia (Ramage)… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh: James Kay, Jun. & Brother. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1845. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Original cloth is worn through at the corners, which are slightly bumped. The rear fep has been torn out, and there is some foxing. Very nice condition for a book meant to be used in the shop. this… Read more about this item

New York, London: Garland Publishing, Inc. , 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Clean and unmarked. Originally published in 1844. .

Hardback. New.

Taylor & Francis, 2019. Hardcover. New. 304 pages. 6.89x5.12x1.10 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Typographia; or, the Printer'S instructor : A Brief Sketch of the origin, Rise, and Progress of the Typographic Art, With Practical Directions For Conducting Every Department in An office, Hints to Au.

New. Published in 1981: Authors of early English and American printers's manuals casually appropriated text from their predecessors. The practice, common enough not to require explanation or acknowledgement ( much less apology), was documented by Lawrence C. Wroth in 1935. Citing borrowed passages and devising a literary family tree, Wroth measured the original work of typographical writers from… Read more about this item

New. Published in 1981: Authors of early English and American printers's manuals casually appropriated text from their predecessors. The practice, common enough not to require explanation or acknowledgement ( much less apology), was documented by Lawrence C. Wroth in 1935. Citing borrowed passages and devising a literary family tree, Wroth measured the original work of typographical writers from… Read more about this item

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Taylor & Francis, 2020. Paperback. New. 304 pages. 6.81x5.12x0.75 inches.