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Printing - Great Britain - Early works to 1800

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    Peterborough-House press. To the public, particulary the admirers of fine printing

    Stuart, Duncan, printer. | Date: 1789]
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    A concise history of printing . Containing an account of its origin and progress; and also the æra of its introduction into England. Together with the improvements that have been made in that valuable and ingenious art; from its first discovery to the present time. To which is added, a variety of instructions and examples necessary both for compositors and pressmen.

    Luckombe, Philip, d. 1803. | Date: 1774
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    An address to the public , By J. Walter, shewing the great improvement he has made in the art of printing, by logographic arrangements; stating also the various difficulties and opposities he has encouraged during its progress, to the present state of perfection.

    John Walter | Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]

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