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TYPOGRAPHY -- LUCKOMBE, Philip (d. 1803). The History and Art of Printing, London: printed by W. Adlard and J. Browne for J. Johnson, 1771. 8° (224 x 134mm). Woodcut frontispiece, woodcut illustrations. (Light spotting and soiling, stronger at beginning and end, a few lower margins waterstained, 3A2 with laminated repair.) Modern calf. FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE with the author's name on the title.
FIGGINS, Vincent. Specimen of Printing Types, London: T. Bensley, 1815. 8° (234 x 146mm). Title within woodcut border. (Occasional light spotting or offsetting.) Original publisher's boards (covers detached, spine torn away, corners bumped). Provenance: a few old marginal manuscript notes.
With 8 other books on printing and typography, including Caleb Stower's The Printer's Grammar; or, Introduction to the Art of Printing: containing a Concise History of the Art (London, 1808, frontispiece repaired, browned), C. H. Timperley The Printer's Manual (London, 1838, soiled, a few repairs), Douglas McMurtrie's The Book. The Story of Printing & Bookmaking (London, 1938), A History of the Old English Letter Foundries (London, 1952), and Specimens of Types and Borders and Illustrated Catalogue of Printer's Joinery and Materials (London, ca. 1922). (10)
FIGGINS, Vincent. Specimen of Printing Types, London: T. Bensley, 1815. 8° (234 x 146mm). Title within woodcut border. (Occasional light spotting or offsetting.) Original publisher's boards (covers detached, spine torn away, corners bumped). Provenance: a few old marginal manuscript notes.
With 8 other books on printing and typography, including Caleb Stower's The Printer's Grammar; or, Introduction to the Art of Printing: containing a Concise History of the Art (London, 1808, frontispiece repaired, browned), C. H. Timperley The Printer's Manual (London, 1838, soiled, a few repairs), Douglas McMurtrie's The Book. The Story of Printing & Bookmaking (London, 1938), A History of the Old English Letter Foundries (London, 1952), and Specimens of Types and Borders and Illustrated Catalogue of Printer's Joinery and Materials (London, ca. 1922). (10)
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