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 Art. Two volumes. London: Published by Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Paternoster Row, London, 1824.
Hardcover. Thick 16mos. Two volumes. Volume I: [8], xii, 610 pages, [10] page general index, [1]. Illustrated with 2 frontispieces, illustrated title page, and Illustrations in text. Volume II: [5], iv, 664 pages, [14] page General Index, [2] page "The Origin of Printing . A Cantata." Illustrated with a frontispiece, illustrated title page, and illustrations in text. Both volumes have been restored. Three quarter leather bindings with reddish marbled paper covered boards. Titles on the spines. Gilt top edges. 3 of the 4 original covers were detached. The remaining cover was missing. Covers reattached. A new cover for the back of volume 2 was made with original reddish marbled paper and an old board cut to fit the binding. Spines partially detached and re-pasted down. Leather patched at the head and base of the spines. Covers are a bit still to open. Interior contents in very good condition. Fair. Item #25578
Price: $150.00