The American Printer, 1787-1825

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xii, 189 pp. Tall 8vo. Includes 24 plates. A forty-year history of printing in the United States, with sections on apprentices, journeymen, and masters, printing offices, the pract ice of printing, relationships between printers and authors, expansion of the press, typography, and illustration. Appendix detailing number of copies in editions of various notable works, and index follow text. Show more