Typographia, or The Printers' Instructor

NOTE EDITORE

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. 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 2 is useful to modern students of printing, as it deals with the practical aspects of the print trade. It includes numerous specimens of type in different alphabets, and explanations of type casting and imposition. It also describes how to manage a print shop, as well as the different kinds of press, including recent inventions such as the Stanhope, Columbian and Albion, and ends with a brief account of steam presses and stereotype.

SOMMARIO

1. Properties of types; 2. Different sizes of letters; 3. A fount of letter, as considered by letter-founders; 4. Rules; 5. Names of letter, and their bearings to each other; 6. Observations on composing; 7. Imposing; 8. Correctors and correcting; 9. Department of a reader; 10. Mathematical, algebraical, and geometrical characters; 11. Hebrew; 12. Alphabets of ancient languages; 13. Duty of an overseer; 14. The best means of expediting business; 15. On the construction of printing presses; 16. The business of a ware houseman; 17. Abstracts of the Acts relative to printers; 18. Compositors' and pressmen's scales of prices; 19. Of fine printing; 20. Alphabetical list of printers, etc.; 21. Technical terms; 22. Stereotype printing, steam and hand machines; Index.

PREFAZIONE

John Johnson (1777-1848) produced this study of the history and art of printing in 1824. Volume 2 deals with the practical aspects of the contemporary print trade, and is of particular interest to historians. Johnson was working when printing was being mechanised, and new types of presses were appearing.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781108047784
• Collana: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries
• Dimensioni: 216 x 39 x 140 mm Ø 870 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 96 b/w illus.
• Pagine Arabe: 698