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![History OF PRINTING, &c.—continued. exercent les differentes parties de Art de Imprimerie. Paris, Barbon, 1764-66 £20 8vo. 2 vols. Full red morocco, triple gilt border- line, fully gilt back, green morocco labels (modern). With 2 engraved frontispieces after Gravelot, 16 folding plates of printing implements and 303 pages of type-specimens. An entirely uncut and very fine copy of the most important 18th century book on typography. 613 Fournier (Fr. Ign.) Nouveau Dictionnaire Portatif de Bibhographie . .. précédé d’un précis sur les Bibliothéques et sur la Biblio- graphie, et suivi du catalogue des editions citées par lAcadémie de la Crusca, des Aldes, Elzevirs, Tonson, Baskerville, Didot, etc., etc. Paris, 1809 21s 8vo. Boards. 566 pp., 48 pp., errata leaf. 614 Fournier (Henri) Traité de la Typo- graphie. Troisitme edition, corrigée et augmentée. Paris, 1870 21s 8vo. Half rey t.e.g., original wrappers bound in. 492 p 615 Fielding (T. H.) The Art of Engraving with the various Modes of Operation under the following divisions: Etching, Litho- graphy . . . Wood engraving Elec- trography ... Photography, ete., etce., illustrated with specimens of the different styles of engraving. London, Ackermann & Co., 1841 21s Orig. cloth. 109 pp. Wath several plates. 616 Fry (Edmund), Type Founder. Panto- graphia ; containing accurate copies of all the known alphabets in the world, together with an English explanation of the peculiar force or power of each letter, to which are added specimens of all well-authenticated Oral Languages, forming a comprehensive Digest of Phonology. London, Printed by Cooper and Wilson, 1799 £5 5s 8vo. Contemporary calf. 2 Il., 35 + 320 pp. 617 (Gent (Thomas)) The Life of Mr. Thomas Gent., Printer of York. Written by himself. London, Th. Thorp, 1832 21s Half vellum. 208 pp. Portrait. Printed on thick paper, with portrait on India paper. On the flyleaf is pasted a label, ““ A. C. 1772 Mr. Thomas Gent, Printer, Aet. 80.” 618 Hansard (T. C.) Treatises on Printing and Type-Founding; from the seventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Edinburgh, 1841 18s 8vo. Orig. cloth. 235 pp. Several folding plates. 619 Harpel (O. H.) Typograph, or Book of Specimens, containing useful information, suggestions and a collection of examples of Letterpress Job Printing. Cincinnati, 1870 30s 8vo. Original dark morocco, g.e. An essay on letter-press composition showing the machinery then in use, followed by hundreds of job printing speci- mens, many in colour. 620 Herring (Richard) Paper and _ Paper Making, Ancient and Modern, third edition, with a preface by the Rev. George Croly. London, 1863 S08 8vo. Orig. cloth. 134 pp. 621. History of Printing (The). London, Soc. for Promoting Christian Knowledge 18s 8vo. Orig. cloth, gilt. Coloured frontispiece and some illustrations. of printing machines, etc. 4] 622 Houbloup.—Théorie Lithographique ou Maniere facile id gaat & imprimer soi- meme. Paris, 1825 £2 2s 8vo. Boards. 94 pp. 2 folding plates. 623 [Ireland (W. H.)] Scribbleomania ; or the Printer’s Devil’s Polichronicon. A Sublime Poem. Edited. by Anser Pen-Drag-On, Esq. 21s Original boards, uncut. 624 Jackson (Mason) The Pictorial Press, its Origin and Progress. London, 1885 308 8vo. Cloth, back defective. 150 _ illustrations, mostly facsimiles of early and rare books. 625 Jacobi (Charles T.) Some Notes on Books and Printing. London, Chiswick Press, 1892 - 15s 8vo. Original cloth, soiled. At the end this book contains type-specimens and samples of paper. 626 Jacobi (Chas. T.) Gesta Typographica, or a Medley for Printers and Others. London, 1897 15s 8vo. Boards, canvas back. Printed in red and black by the Chiswick Press. 627 Julien (Stanislas) Documents sur Il Art d’Imprimer a l’aide de planches en Bois, de planches en pierre et de Types Mobiles, inventé en Chine, bien longtemps aynt que Europe en fit usage, extraits des livres Chinois. (Paris, 1847) 30s Half calf. 16 pp. Appears to be a separate off- print of an article from a periodical. 628 Knight (Charles) The Old Printer and the Modern Press. London, 1854 15s Sm. 8vo. Orig. cloth. 314 pp. Some illustra- tions. Contains a complete history of printing and a history of the origin of the press. 629 Lackington.—Memoirs of the 45 first years of the Life of James Lackington, the present bookseller . . . written by himself. 10th edition. London, 1795 10s 6d 8vo. Old calf, broken. Portrait. 630 Lamoignon de Malesherbes.— Mémoires sur La Librairie et sur La Liberté de la Presse. Paris, 1809 30s 8vo. Paper wrappers, uncut. 435 pp. 631 Lemoine (Henry) History, Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing, from its first invention in Germany to the end of the 17th century ... also a particular and complete history of the Walpolean Press at Straw- berry Hill . . . a curious dissertation of the origin of the use of Paper, also a history of the art of woodcutting . . . London, 1797 £2 28 8vo. Old half calf. At the end a poem addressed to Richardson on the art of printing. 632 Luckombe (P.) The History and Art of Printing. London, W. Adlard & J. Browne for J. Johnson, 1771 £3. 38 8vo. Old calf. 8 Il, 502 pp., 2 Il. Woodcut frontispiece of Gutenberg. Pp. 133-174. contain specimen of Printing Types by William Caslon. Several woodcuts of printing presses, etc. Inner margin of front. mounted, first titlepage a little soiled. 633 Marcel (J. J.) Alphabet Irlandais précédé d’une Notice Historique, Littéraire et Typographique. Paris, Imprimerie de la République, 1804 £3 3s 8vo. Boards. 104 pp. With half title. 634 Murray (John) Practical Remarks on Modern Paper, with an introductory ac- count of its former substitutes, also obser-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33156906_0041.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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