Early typography
Subtitle: an essay on the origin of letter-press printing in the fifteenth century
By: by William Skeen.
Contributors: Kimberley, John Wodehouse, Earl of, 1826-1902, (bookplate)
Publisher: Trübner & Co.
Published: 1872
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
Subjects: Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents.
Other titles: Origin of letter-press printing
Description: This book discusses the history of typography, beginning with Chinese wood prints continuing to hand typesetting.  Printers are identified, as well as their primary works.
Notes: "Printed at Colombo, by William Skeen, Government Printer, Ceylon."

"The germ of the present work was a Lecture delivered ... before the Members of the Colombo Athenaeum, on the 24th February 1853."

Portrait of Skeen is mounted photograph, with his signature below.

MASS copy: With the bookplate of: Johis Comitis de Kimberley [i.e. John Wodehouse, first Earl of Kimberley, 1826-1902]