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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 (Paperback)
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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 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries, Volume 1
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John Johnson (1777 1848) worked for a private press at Lee Priory,
Kent, which published limited editions of poetry, prose and
pamphlets, but was not financially successful. Moving to London in
1824, Johnson produced this two-volume work on printing, which had
become a popular topic in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries. As with Hansard's Typographia of 1825 (also available in
this series), his knowledge of the history of printing is largely
derived from secondary works, particularly those of Dibdin. The
work was published in several formats, and contemporary reviewers
noted Johnson's highly ornate typography and use of engravings more
than the contents. Volume 1, in which Johnson was assisted by
Richard Thomson, Librarian of the London Institution, covers the
history of printing. It lists printers working in England up to the
end of the sixteenth century, with bibliographical details of
titles known to have been published by them.
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