Typographia An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Progress Of The Art Of Printing

Excerpt from Typographia: An Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing It will be observed, that this work is written partly in the first person singular, and partly in the first person plural. I found it impossible, without either rewriting the whole of the parts taken from Shower, or adopting his style, to avoid this apparent inconsistency, and I had no leisure for the one, nor inclination for the other; but it may answer this purpose, namely, that whatever has been retained verbatim from Stower will be known by the plural, we, the whole of his book being so written - wherever I have Written new matter, or so altered his as to subject it to original raspou sibility, I have (perhaps more consistently) placed myself in the singular person. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This classic 1825 work brings the history of printing up to the author's time, and early nineteenth-century technological developments.

Excerpt from Typographia: An Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing; With Practical Directions for Conducting Every Department in an Office; With a Description of Stereotype and Lithography It has been my object, as far as circumstances and the nature of my work enabled me, to make it acceptable, gene rally, to men of letters, and essentially so to members of the art: and although the number of illustrations and embellishments which I have added, must unavoidably enhance the cost of the book, yet, I trust the purpose in tended thereby, if happily effected, will sufficiently justify the extra charge, and exonerate me from any responsibility on the ground of its having been unnecessarily augmented, and that no purchaser will complain of the introduction of things irrelevant, or not intimately connected with the main subject of the volume. Imperfections, after all, will certainly be found and I do not so much wish them to be overlooked, as to have the entire work examined with candour, and immoved by friendly suggestion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.