Typographia, or the printers' instructor : including an account of the origin of printing, with biographical notices 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
Maker and role
J. Johnson, Author
Production date
[1824]
Object detail
Accession number
08-1026
Maker
Description
Includes index. Library holds v.1 of a 2 volume set. Added engraved title-page for vol.2.
Signature/Marks and Type
George Rowe
Hargrewe
Italy 4th 1853 Hand-written
Charles Edward Fewster
Hull Book Plate
C. E. Fewster
No. 4056 Book Plate
Hargrewe
Italy 4th 1853 Hand-written
Charles Edward Fewster
Hull Book Plate
C. E. Fewster
No. 4056 Book Plate
Media/Materials
Physical description
xii, 610 p. : ill., facsims, portraits ; 13 cm.
Edition
[Roxburghe Club ed.]
Other title
Typographia
Printers' instructor
Printers' instructor
Collection
Credit line
J. Johnson. [1824]. Typographia, or the printers' instructor : including an account of the origin of printing, with biographical notices 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, 08-1026. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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