[Rarebooks] FS: Large paper copy of Johnson's "Typographia" London: 1824

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(PRINTING HISTORY) Johnson, John. TYPOGRAPHIA, OR THE PRINTER’S 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. London: Longman, Hurst, 
Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. 1824. 2 vols. Large paper copy (over 7-1/2” tall) 
called “Roxburghe copies.” (10),xii,610,(10);(4),iv,664,(16)pp. Illustrated 
with engraved frontispieces, added engraved titles, one plate and several text 
woodcuts & alphabets. Each page of text within an elaborate decorative border. 
Orig. blind & gilt stamped brown cloth, re-cased.     $500.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
See Bigmore & Wyman p. 371-373. This work was printed in 4 sizes; 32mo., 
16mo., 8vo. and royal 8vo. Ours is the largest, with the addition of an engraved 
title page to each volume.

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