Author: GRESWELL, William Parr
Title: Annals of Parisian Typography
Description: 1818. GRESWELL, William Parr. ANNALS OF PARISIAN TYPOGRAPHY, containing an account of the earliest typographical establishments of Paris; and notices and illustrations of the most remarkable productions of the Pariaisan gothic press: Compiled principally to shew its general character; and its particular influence upon the early English press. London: Printed for Cadell and Davies; Longman and Co.; Lackington and Co.;B.H. Evans; and J. and W. Lowndes, Booksellers, 1818. First edition. Frontispiece and 11 wood-engraved plates of printer's marks. Large-paper octavo: xii,356 pp. Modern binding of three-quarter grey cloth, marbled boards, leather spine label, t.e.g. Light foxing to some plates. Light marginal soiling throughout, and pp. 340-4 have a light ring-stain in text, but text is generally clean. It is attractively bound and a very good copy overall. .

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