A Dictionary of Printers and Printing, with the Progress of Literature, Ancient and Modern; Bibliographical Illustrations, Etc. B. Johnson. 1839. First Edition, vi,996pp., 11 plates (some foxed as usual), 11 plates, unopened. [Bound with:] ----. The Printer's Manual; Containing Instructions to Learners, with Scales of Impositions, and Numerous Calculations, Recipes, and Scales of Prices in the Principal Towns of Great Britain: Together with Practical Directions for Conducting Every Department of a Printing Office

Bookseller

Forest Books (GB)

Bookseller's Inventory #

24417

Title

A Dictionary of Printers and Printing, with the Progress of Literature, Ancient and Modern; Bibliographical Illustrations, Etc. B. Johnson. 1839. First Edition, vi,996pp., 11 plates (some foxed as usual), 11 plates, unopened. [Bound with:] ----. The Printer's Manual; Containing Instructions to Learners, with Scales of Impositions, and Numerous Calculations, Recipes, and Scales of Prices in the Principal Towns of Great Britain: Together with Practical Directions for Conducting Every Department of a Printing Office

Author

TIMPERLEY (C.H.)

Book Condition

Used

Binding

Hardcover

Publisher

H. Johnson. 1838

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