Typographia, or the Printers' Instructor - Volume 1 Including an Account of Origin of Printing, With Biographical
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Verlag:Cambridge University Press
Fr. 97.90
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
02.04.2012
Verlag
Cambridge University PressSeitenzahl
652
Maße (L/B/H)
21.6/14/3.8 cm
Gewicht
906 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-108-04777-7
John Johnson (1777-1848) worked for a private press at Lee Priory, Kent, which published limited editions of poetry, prose and pamphlets, but was not financially successful. Moving to London in 1824, Johnson produced this two-volume work on printing, which had become a popular topic in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. As with Hansard's Typographia of 1825 (also available in this series), his knowledge of the history of printing is largely derived from secondary works, particularly those of Dibdin. The work was published in several formats, and contemporary reviewers noted Johnson's highly ornate typography and use of engravings more than the contents. Volume 1, in which Johnson was assisted by Richard Thomson, Librarian of the London Institution, covers the history of printing. It lists printers working in England up to the end of the sixteenth century, with bibliographical details of titles known to have been published by them.
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