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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, a series of ancient and modern alphabets and Domesday characters, together with an elucidation of every subject connected with the art: PB 339-2003

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

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, a series of ancient and modern alphabets and Domesday characters, together with an elucidation of every subject connected with the art

Maker(s)

Author: Johnson, John (printer)
Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green

Categories

Description

By J. Johnson.

2 v. : ill., ports. ; 13 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1824

Note

Title-pages within architectural border and additional engraved title-pages in both volumes. Bound in brown cloth.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 339-2003
Primary reference Number: 98183
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 Last processed: Monday 31 July 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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