TYPOGRAPHIA; or, The Printers' Instructor: Including an Account of the Origin of Printing, with Biographical Notice 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.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green (J. Johnson, typ., Apollo Press, London), 1824. First edition. 12mo (13 cm.). (10), xii, 610, (6, index); (4), iv, 663, (1), (14, index), (2) pp. Extra engraved title page and frontispiece portrait to each volume, illustrated with type specimen alphabets, tables, and vignettes or devices; text enclosed with borders. Lowndes: "An extremely useful book." Both engraved title pages and portraits laid down (with some loss at the corners), a good copy of this standard work. Later embossed half-calf (rubbed at joints, corners and edges bumped), leather title labels on spine (but lacking leather volume number labels, leaving imprint in calf), marbled boards (rubbed) and endpapers. (10610). Item #64224
Price: $125.00