Typographia or the Printer's Instructor by Johnson J, First Edition (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. London: Apollo Press, Holborn, 1824. First edition. Volume I only. Title page absent but dedication page dated April 1824. Brown hardcover with green cloth spine, paper spine label, 5" tall, 610 pages plus index. Illustrated with engraved portraits and other decorations. Front cover detached, other wear, spine label very rubbed, front free endpaepr present but detached, text block sound, pages a little age-toned but clean, name and personal library label affixed to front pastedown. Hard Cover. Fair. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. This is an antique copy of "TYPOGRAPHIA ~ or, The Printer's Instructor" by J. Johnson. Volume II only of a two-volume set. 1824 1st edition; Messrs. Longman, Hurd, Rees, Orne, Brown & Green; London. There is an illustrated title page, a frontispiece, full-page engravings, and in-text illustrations. "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." The book is smaller in size - it measures 5 1/4" tall x 3 3/8" wide x 1 3/4" thick. Here are a few examples of the contents within volume II: Properties of Types; Italic Letter; Difference of Sizes in Letters; Capitals; Numeral Letters; Flowers; Stanhope Logotypes; Half Sheets in 4to; Sheets in Folio; Physical Signs and Abbreviations; Typo Marks Explained; Celestial & Astronomical Signs; Hieroglyphical Writing; Transposition of Pages; Modern Russian Alphabet; Gothic; Duty of an Overseer; Of Putting up a Press; On the Construction of Printing Presses; Of Wetting Paper; Taking Copy; Mixing Grinding Colours; The Albion Press; Collating Books; Hanging up Paper to Dry; Folding; Of Fine Printing; Newspaper Printing Offices; Technical Terms.and much more. Condition: The book has been rebound with cloth over the spine; the original spine label has been applied over the cloth. Rounded cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are mostly clean with only some light foxing to the frontispiece and illustrated title page. Overall the book is in Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 32mo, 3/4 morocco, rubbed, worn, covers detached, broken some, 610, index; 663, i pp., terminal index. First Edition. A good set in need of an appropriate binding; the text blocks are fine as they are.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition copy of this interesting exploration of the history of printing, an extensive work by John Johnson. The first edition, the 32mo format, being the smallest of the three issued.Complete in two volumes.A fascinating work by J. Johnson exploring the history of printing, with insights into the process of the industry.Illustrated with an engraved title page to Volume I, a frontispiece and one plate to Volume I, and the occasional in-text engraving.Collated, lacking the engraved title and one plate to Volume II.Bookplate of D. B. Anderson to the front paste downs. In a modern full crushed morocco binding. Externally, smart, with only a few light marks. Minor bumping to the extremities. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with some light occasional spots. Frontispiece of Volume I is adhered to the verso of the front endpaper. Tide mark to the tail of the engraved title page and frontispiece of Volume I, with a repair to the gutter. Volume II lacking the engraved title and one plate. Very Good. book.

2 vols. Illustrated. 16mo, 20th century full calf; gilt spines with raised bands, a.e.g. by Atkinson of Salisbury. First edition. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Two volumes in recent half red morocco, black morocco labels in gilt, marbled boards, 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Text pages generally clean without foxing or dampstains; owner notes in pencil on engraved tp of vol. i. One leaf corner repair in the preliminaries of vol. ii.Vol. I. - Engraved portrait of William Caxton; extra engraved title page, [1], [8], (xii.), (1)-610, [10] pp. Index. Illustrations in the text.Vol. II. - Engraved portrait of John Johnson; extra engraved title page, [1], [4], (iv.), (1)-663, (1), [14] Index, [2] "The Origin of Printing. A Cantata." "In this work Mr. J. was assisted by Drs. Dibdin, Wilkins, and Fry, the Rev. H. Baber, &c. It is a valuable work." - Allibone.John Johnson (1777-1848), b. probably at Chester, England; d. London. A printer by trade, he was for some time in the printing office of Thomas Bensely, and was the compositor for John Warwick's press near Canterbury (1813-1817). "He circulated, in July 1818, the prospectus of a work on printing, and with the financial support of Edward Walmsley printed in 1824, at his office, the Apollo Press, Brook Street, Holburn, "Typographia, or the Printer's Instructor.&c. "It abounds with information of a very useful character, spiced with conceits manifesting the originality , humour, and freshness of the author.Richard Thompson, librarian of the London Institution, helped with the historical part.[Johnson] was opposed to stereotype and machine presses. An engraved portrait of Johnson, by W. Harvey, is prefixed to the second volume of 'Typographia.'" - DNB (1908).

First Edition; two volumes; 16mo. Bound in recent half morocco and marbled boards. The engraved titles and frontispieces are bound in both, but in slightly different collation. Some ink notes on blanks and occasional spotting; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Hardcover. 2 Volumes. 8vo. 4 p.l., xii, 610, [10]; 2 p.l., iv, 663, [17]. 2 wood-engraved titles by J.Thompson, 3 wood-engraved plates. numerous wood-engraved text illus. & vignettes (incl. portraits of printers, printer's devices). each page of text within border of typographical ornaments. untrimmed in new quarter cloth, preserving original endpapers & printed spine labels. First Edition. 'Of the few standard works on the art of printing in the English language, this is perhaps the most familiar.[The first volume contains] a table of the introduction of the art into the different countries.after which comes the 'introduction and progess of the art in Great Britain', with a list of the productions of the first printers up to 1599.The second volume may be described as practical, in contradistinction to the first, which is historical. It gives a description of types, directions for composing, for press, and warehouse work, &c. It is particularly rich in foreign alphabets, a feature which has gained of it great estimation.it has long since become, and deservedly, a printer's classic.' (Bigmore & Wyman) Bigmore & Wyman I pp. 371-72.

First Edition. Engraved additional titles and frontispieces, wood-engraved typographical ornamental borders throughout, illustrations Two volumes Some foxing to end-papers and blank leaves at beginning and end, very slightly affecting first and last few pages, but a very nice set indeed Later full tree calf, gilt roll to sides, spines in compartments with raised bands elaborately gilt and with leather labels lettered in gilt.

Two vols. Thick 8vo. 7 x 4.25 in. Engraved frontisp. each vol., extra-engraved title pages, woodcut-engraved borders throughout, numerous illusts., diagrams, woodcuts. Contemporary diced olive-green calf, raised bands on spine, gilt decorated, red & gilt morocco spine labels, fore-edges of textblock speckled red (very minor shlefwear, slight rubbing & wear to couple corners, lower front hinge vol. II a little tender), still an excellent set. First edition of this famed set providing an excellent history of the origins of English Printing and typography to 1599, and including an extensive sections on various alphabets, including Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Russian, Irish, Old Irish, Gothic, German, and many others. The sections on printing, typography, forging types, typesetting, and various presses are extensive and detailed. Johnson (1777-1848) worked for a private press at Lee Priory, Kent which published limited editions of poetry, prose and pamphlets, but eventually failed.

Condition: Modern red morocco. First edition. First edition. xii, 610, [12]; [8], iv, 663, [1], [18]pp. 2 vols. 32mo (4-3/4 x 3 inches). One Hundred Books Famous in Typography 39 xii, 610, [12]; [8], iv, 663, [1], [18]pp. 2 vols. 32mo (4-3/4 x 3 inches).