Early Lithographed Books; a Study of the Design and Production of Improper Books in the Age of the Hand Press; with a Catalogue

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TitleEarly Lithographed Books; a Study of the Design and Production of Improper Books in the Age of the Hand Press; with a Catalogue
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1990
AuthorsTwyman, Michael
Number of Pages374 pp.
PublisherPrivate Libraries Association and Farrand Press
CityLondon, England
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781850830177
Annotation

Contents:

Lithographic incunables
Military manuals: the presses at Chatham and Metz
The lithographic publication of Sir Thomas Phillipps
Books on accounting and other 'difficult composition'
Music method books
Non-latin scripts
Lithography and phonography: the books of Isaac Pitman
Books with pictures
Reprints of books and facsimiles of old documents
Facsimiles of autographs
Photolithographed facsimiles and reprints
Postscript
Appendix A: Lithographic writers: a checklist of writers and letterers in the age of the hand press
Appendix B: Catalogue of books produced by lithography in the age of the hand press.

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