[Rarebooks] FS: John Johnson's "Typographia..." in 16mo. 2 vols. 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. 16mo. 2 vols. 
(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 a ruled 
border. Cont. 1/2calf, spines blind & gilt tooled, over cloth. A.e.g. with 
gauffered design.     $375.00 (trade discount allowed)
See Bigmore & Wyman p. 371-373. This work was printed in 4 sizes; 32mo., 
16mo., 8vo. and royal 8vo.

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