Early lithographed books : a study of the design and production of improper books in the age of the hand press, with a catalogue / by Michael Twyman.

Main entry:

Twyman, Michael, author.

Title & Author:

Early lithographed books : a study of the design and production of improper books in the age of the hand press, with a catalogue / by Michael Twyman.

Publication:

London : Farrand Press & Private Libraries Association, [1990]
Williamsburg, Va. : Distributed in the Western Hemisphere by the Book Press, Ltd.
©1990

Description:

374 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-343) and index.
Lithographic incunables -- Military manuals: the presses at Chatham and Metz -- The lithographic publication of Sir Thomas Phillipps -- Books on accounting and other 'difficult composition' -- Music method books -- Non-latin scripts -- Lithography and phonography: the books of Isaac Pitman -- Books with pictures -- Reprints of books and facsimiles of old documents -- Facsimiles of autographs -- Photolithographed facsimiles and reprints -- Postscript -- Appendix A: Lithographic writers: a checklist of writers and letterers in the age of the hand press -- Appendix B: Catalogue of books produced by lithography in the age of the hand press.

ISBN:

1850830177
9781850830177
0916271056 (Book Press)
9780916271053 (Book Press)

Subject:

Lithographed books Publishing History.
Lithographed books Bibliography Catalogs.
Early printed books Catalogs.
Facsimiles Publishing History.
Lithography History.
Book design History.
Hand presses History.
Printing History.
Book ornamentation History.
Lithographie Histoire.
Livres Ornementation Histoire.
Livres lithographiés Édition Histoire.
Livres lithographiés Bibliographie Catalogues.
Livres anciens Catalogues.
Fac-similés Édition Histoire.
Livres Conception graphique Histoire.
Presses à bras Histoire.
Imprimerie Histoire.
Book ornamentation
Book design
Early printed books
Facsimiles Publishing
Hand presses
Lithographed books
Lithography
Printing
Lithografie.
Boeken.

Form/genre:

catalogs (documents)
Bibliographies
Catalogs
History
Illustrated works.
Catalogues.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Private Libraries Association.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 66501
Call No.: ID NE2295 REF; ID:91-B281
Status: Available

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