History and Art of Printing - In Two Parts

The technical information provided by this 1771 book was still valid and used until the middle of the twentieth century.

List of contents

To the public; Preface; A concise history of printing; Introduction of the art into England; Progress abroad; By whom practised in London; Where practised in the country; A specimen of printing types, by William Caxton; The Stationers' charters, etc.; Of printing materials; The printing press; Compositors business; A table shewing the first folio of a sheet of folio, for nine alphabets; Characters; A collection of English words, which agree in sound, yet differ in sense; Business requisite in the warehouse; Technical terms used in printing; Contents.

Summary

Philip Luckombe (1730–1803), printer, author and shell-collector, published this work in 1771. The first part is concerned with the history of printing, and the second with the practicalities of 'the art and mystery of printing': technical information still of use in the middle of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Luckombe, Luckombe Philip
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108073394
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07339-4
• No. of pages: 528
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literary studies: general