[Entries on type founding, the arts of the book, paper and printing from The universal dictionary of trade and commerce]
By: translated from the French with large additions and improvements by Malachy Postlethwayt
Contributors: Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707?-1767; Savary, Philémon-Louis, 1654-1727
Edition: The second edition.
Publisher: Printed for John Knapton in Ludgate-Street
Published: 1757
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 548
Subjects: Type and type-founding; Early works to 1800; Books; Booksellers and bookselling; Paper; Paper industry; Printing; Prints
Work titles: Dictionnaire universel de commerce
Notes: The work was completed by the author's elder brother, Abbé Philémon Louis Savary.

Comprised of frontispiece, title page, dedication, preface, "A new view of the British customs", the leaf including the entry on "letter-founder", entries beginning with book, from book to book-keeper, entries from paper to paper credit, and printing.

Rare Book copy: Binder's title: Universal dictionary of trade printing etc. Savary London 1757.