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Whittington Press15
Chatterton, Thomas, 1752-17705
Hyett, Sir F A (1844-1941)5
Audin, Marius (1872-1951)4
Fumagalli, Giuseppe (1863-1939)4
Bazeley, William3
Bazeley, William (1843-1925)3
Fumagalli, Giuseppe3
Hodgkin, John Eliot (1829-1912)3
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A history of the art of printing : from its invention to its wide-spread development in the middle of the 16th century : preceded by a short account of the origin of the alphabet and the successive methods of recording events and multiplying ms. books before the invention of printing

Humphreys, Henry Noel (1810-1879)

1867

"The first issue consists of 300 numbered copies... After their dispersion, a small second issue will be made, and the stones are guaranteed then to be destroyed"--Slip tipped in LC copy.

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Alphabet and image

De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)

1-8 spring 1946 - Dec. 1948 "A quarterly of typography and graphic arts." Superseded by: Alphabet, and: Image.

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Journal of the printing-office at Strawberry Hill : now first printed from the MS of Horace Walpole

Walpole, Horace (1717-1797); Toynbee, Paget Jackson (1855-1932); Strawberry Hill Press

1923

Ed. limited to 650 copies.

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Seconda giunta al Lexicon typographicum Italiae

Parenti, Marino (1900-1963); Fumagalli, Giuseppe (1863-1939)

1949

333 copies printed.

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Nuova giunta al Lexicon typographicum Italiae

Parenti, Marino (1900-1963); Fumagalli, Giuseppe (1863-1939)

1941

Limited edition of 330 copies.

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La typographie

Valotaire, Marcel; Evers, Jacques

1930

Text on seven folded sheets, with thirty-five loose sheets of photographs, all in folder.

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A concise history of the origin and progress of printing : with practical instructions to the trade in general

Luckombe, Philip (1803)

1770

Reissued in 1771 under author's name, with title "The history and art of printing."

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Typography

De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969); Shenval Press

1936-

1-8 Nov. 1936 - summer 1939 Inserted in no.2 are two pamphlet specimens of type: 'Account of the prize fight between Bill Neate and the gas-man' (in 'Electra' type), and 'A specimen of the roman and i...

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Cancels

Chapman, R W (1881-1960)

1930

With eleven facsimiles in collotype.

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