Mechanick exercises on the whole art of printing (1683-4)

2d ed.
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Mechanick exercises on the whole art of printing (1683-4)

2d ed.

[This book] has long been one of the most famous works on typography. Published in 1683-84, it was by forty years the first manual of printing in any language, covering absolutely everything that was known about printing and typography at the end of the 17th century. Still regarded as an authority on early techniques in hand-printing by historians of printing, this compendium of practical knowledge is a uniquely informative, fascinating and readable book that will interest all general readers . . . This edition reprints Moxon's text exactly with the original copperplate illustrations. -- Book cover.

Publish Date
Publisher
Dover Publications
Language
English
Pages
487

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 409-444.
Folded leaf attached to p. 3 of cover.
Originally reprinted in 1958 by Oxford University Press, London, from a copy of Mechanick exercises, vol. II, 1683, in the Bodleian Library (Gibson 200). This ed. represents a reprint of the Oxford University Press second ed.
Includes index.

Published in
New York
Genre
Early works to 1800.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
686.2/24
Library of Congress
Z244.A2 M93 1978, Z244.A2M93 1978

The Physical Object

Pagination
lviii, 487 p. :
Number of pages
487

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL4551184M
Internet Archive
mechanickexercis0000moxo_j6c3
ISBN 10
048623617X
LCCN
77020468
OCLC/WorldCat
4195431
LibraryThing
311280
Goodreads
1643785

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL4769916W

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