A history of the art of printing
Subtitle: 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
By: by H. Noel Humphreys ; with one hundred illustrations produced in photo-lithography by Day & Son, Limited, under the direction of the author.
Publisher: B. Quaritch
Published: 1867
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents.; Printing -- History -- 16th century.; Printing -- Specimens.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [209]-212.
"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.