Practical Hints on Decorative Printing, with illustrations engraved on wood and printed in colours at the type press

by William Savage

$26,000 · Offered by The Veatchs Arts of the Book

London, 1822 but 1818-1823 . LARGE PAPER COPY, WITH SUPERIOR PLATES. 9 3/4 x 14 1/2. Color-printed Title, letterpress Title within borders, vi, 118 pages of text plus 14 plates including 2 leaves of type specimens, 4 leaves of printing presses, colored initial letter B from Faust & Schoeffer Psalter of 1457, 6 leaves displaying 18 different colored inks. The six chapters have headpieces. These are followed by 29 plates including the Frontis and three

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