‎Typographie‎

‎WILLETT (Ralph)‎

‎A Memoir on the Origin of Printing. In a Letter Addressed to John Topman, Esq.‎

‎Second Edition, iv, 72pp., one of 150 copies, vignette of title page, a little and light occasional foxing, recent quarter calf, uncut, t.e.g. Willett, 1719-95, English book collector, discusses the origin of printing; the work of Gutenberg and Caxton, the Coster legend, etc., and favours the claims of Mainz to the invention.‎

‎LOHF (Kenneth A.)‎

‎The History of Printing from its Beginnings to 1930. The Subject Catalogue of the American Type Founders Company Library in the Columbia University Libraries.‎

‎4 Vols., 4to, over 2740pp., orig. cloth. Reproduces the catalogue cards of the ca. 16,000 items in this very important collection. Some of the many subjects include: incunabula, curiosities of bookmaking (such as chained books), modern fine printing, history of paper, type specimen books, printing manuals, graphic design, trade catalogues, binding, and much more.‎

‎WINSHIP (George Parker)‎

‎Daniel Berkeley Updike and the Merrymount Press of Boston, Massachusetts 1860-1894-1941.‎

‎First Edition, xiv, 141pp., 40 illustrs., orig. cloth.‎

‎COTTON (Rev. Henry)‎

‎The Typographical Gazetteer.‎

‎Second Edition, corrected and much enlarged, xviii,393,[1]pp., orig. cloth, re-backed. Bigmore & Wyman, I. p.145. "This is a standard work of reference, and has always enjoyed great authority. The names of the towns are arranged in alphabetical order, and the circumstances attending the introduction into them of the art of printing, the earliest products of their presses, and biographical references to early printers, are given in a succinct manner."‎

‎SCHREIBER (Fred)‎

‎Simon de Colines. An Annotated Catalogue of 230 Examples of His Press, 1520-1546. With an Introduction by Jeanne Veyrin-Forrer.‎

‎First Edition, 4to, lxxxiv, 242pp., one of 750 copies, frontis., 102 plates, orig. cloth, printed paper label on spine. A full bibliographical catalogue of a collection of 230 books issued by the celebrated French Renaissance printer Simon de Colines. The collection was form by the distinguished bookseller and scholar Fred Schreiber, and sold en bloc to the Brigham Young University. From the library of Pierre Ber?s.‎

‎LEMOINE (Henry)‎

‎Typographical Antiquities. History, Origin, and Progress, of the Art of Printing, from its First Invention in Germany to the End of the Seventeenth Century; and from its Introduction into England, by Caxton, to the Present Time... its Progress in the Provinces; with Chronological Lists of Eminent Printers in England, Scotland, and Ireland... also a Particular and Complete History of the Walpolean Press, Established at Strawberry Hill; with an Accurate List of Every Publication Issued Therefrom, and the Exact Number Printed Thereof... a Curious Dissertation on the Origin of the use of Paper... a Complete History of the Art of Wood-Cutting and Engraving on Copper...‎

‎First Edition, 12mo, 156pp., some light foxing, orig. half calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, uncut. Bigmore & Wyman I, p.431. Lemoine was a translator and compiler for various London publishers. For some time he was also a bookseller in Bishopsgate Churchyard, in the city of London.‎

‎ROSSI (Giovanni Bernardo de)‎

‎De Praecipuis Caussis: et momentis neglectae a nonnullis hebraicarum litterarum disciplinae. Disquisitio elenchtica.‎

‎First Edition, 4to, [viii],207,[9]pp., title vignette, two old small neat stamps, half calf, marbled sides, slightly rubbed.‎

‎NATIONAL TYPOGRAPHIC CO.‎

‎Report of the Board of Directors of the National Typographic Co., and of the Board of Trustees of the Mergenthaler Printing Co., 154 Nassau St., New York City: Submitted to Stockholders' Meetings, March 19, 1892, and Ordered Printed.‎

‎Drop-head title, 6pp., slight tear along old fold line. Folding 6-page stock report brochure for this company; delineating sales of patents, licenses, treasurer's report, by L.G. Hine (President).‎

‎STEINBERG (S.H.)‎

‎Stanley Morison 1889-1967. Offprint from the Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume LIII.‎

‎[2],449-468pp., 1 plate, orig. printed wrappers.‎

‎LITHOGRAPHY. [RAUCOURT DE CHARLEVILLE (Antoine)]‎

‎A Manual of Lithography, Clearly Explaining the Whole Art, and the accidents that may happen in Printing, with different methods of avoiding them. To which is added, (now for the first time printed) selections from the work of M. Br?geaut; forming a sequel to the manual, and bringing down the improvements in the art of the present time. Translated from the French, by C. Hullmandel.‎

‎Third Edition, corrected, xix,117,[3]pp., 2 fold-out lithographed plates, the first containing twelve figures of tools and implements, the second nine figures of printing presses and parts, both plates are lightly water-marked affecting the image, & with 1" marginal tear to vertical fold of each, final leaf includes publisher's advertisements for two additional titles by Hullmandel; front & back endpapers soiled, with early owner's signature (L. Stilson) & date on front pastedown, final two blank leaves bit stained, half calf with early marbled paper over boards, red leather label (3x2") with gilt border & title, "A Manual of Lithography", & the name "L. Stilson" added to front board; spine worn & rubbed with 1-1/4" piece missing at head & small label with black "C" at foot; 3" split in front joint; corners, edges & joints worn, paper boards chipped, edges of cover label chipped. Hullmandel's best know work and most influential publication is his book 'The art of drawing on stone' which was first published in 1824. But in terms of establishing lithography in Britain, his translation from the French of this treatise by Raucourt de Charleville was probably just as important. This third and final edition contains some important new additions. Colonel Antoine Raucourt was chief engineer at the Ecole des Ponts et Chauss?es in Paris and ran its in-plant lithographic press. His book was originally published in Toulon in 1819. Hullmandel thought highly of Raucourt's treatise and wrote in the preface: "The books which have hitherto been published on lithography are very imperfect, and are much more adapted to persons who already understand the art than those who wish to learn it... I have repeatedly wished for a guide to explain the new accidents which occur every instant, and which... appear each time so new and intricate, that the beginner is consequently tempted to give up all hopes of ever succeeding. I am consequently better enabled to appreciate the value of this excellent treatise on lithography, and hesitate not an instant to pronounce it the best work which has ever been published on the art." Bigmore & Wyman II, p.240; Twyman, pp.110-14.‎

‎BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF PRINTING. CAVE (Thomas)‎

‎John Baskerville: The Printer 1706-1775, His Ancestry. A Retrospect.‎

‎4to, orig. cloth-backed boards. Wallis, p.84.‎

‎JONES (George W.)‎

‎Catalogue of the Library of George W. Jones at The Sign of the Dolphin next to Dr. Johnson's House in Gough Square, Fleet Street, London E.C.4.‎

‎4to, [iv],ix,[iii],131,[1]pp., presentation inscription from the author, frontispiece portrait, title-page with typographical border, 31 plates (some in coloured), pictorial endpapers with signs of sellotape residue, orig. boards, uncut, lower spine and corners a little bumped otherwise a nice copy. Jones' library reflected his own career as a printer being almost entirely concerned with fine printing in all its aspects. Several of his designs for Linotype are used, including 'Estienne' for the Incunables, 'Granjon' and 'Bernard' for the American books, and 'Georgian' for the British books. The section devoted to European books is set in 'Venezia' which was originally cut for Jones by Edward Prince before being added to the Linotype list in 1928. "The Second Catalogue... This was the library at his Gough Square premises which, according to Leonard Jay, was complementary to that at Monksbarn which had been sold by Sotheby's in 1936. However, it is likely that some items in the "first" library had been withheld from sale for sentimental reasons and are included here. A study of the contents of both libraries is essential to an understanding of the work of George W. Jones."?Rogerson, George W. Jones. 2.‎

‎LITHOGRAPHY. BR?GEAUT (R. L.)‎

‎Manuel Complet Th?orique et Pratique du Dessinateur et de l'Imprimeur Lithographe. Seconde ?dition revue, corrig?e, augment?e et orn?e de douze lithographies.‎

‎Second edition, revised, 12mo, xxxvi,176pp., 12 illustrs., (6 of which are on 2 folding leaves), the folding leaves creased and waterstained, some light spotting and staining, bookplate of Jacob L. Chernofsky, new marbled endpapers, recent full calf. The second revised edition which was published in the same year as the first. It provides a good overall account of the art of lithography up this date and illustrates the apparatus involved along with examples of techniques. Michael Twyman, Lithography 1800-1850, p. 264.‎

‎LITHOGRAPHY. [GRIMSTON (Charlotte)]‎

‎The History of Gorhambury.‎

‎First edition, 4to, [2],90pp., lithographed throughout wove paper watermarked "Whatman 1820", inscribed "E. H. Grimston from his affectionate aunt Harriot Grimston Oct 13th 1840", Edward H. Grimston was the second son of the author, and Harriot her sister-in-law, lithographed portrait frontispiece of the author on india-proof paper, title within decorative border, 9 lithographed plates and plans, one etched plate, 11 lithographed armorials in the margins, some light spotting, contemporary half morocco,upper joint split. "Probably the earliest [British] topographical book with its text lithographed... the most striking feature of the book is the discrepancy between the assurance of the writing of the main text and the naivety of the drawings..."?Twyman, Early Lithographed Books, pp. 179-180. Twyman suggests that Charlotte Grimston (wife of the first earl of Verulam who owned Gorhambury) was responsible for the views and plans, but employed a professional lithographic writer for the text. Martin, Privately Printed Books, pp.342-43.‎

‎GOWAN (Al)‎

‎T.J. Lyons. A Biography and Critical Essay.‎

‎First Edition, one coloured keepsake tipped-in, 150 illustrs., including photos and one-line type specimens, orig. cloth. A tribute to an American phenomenon: T.J. Lyons of Boston, who printed in one small shop at the same location for sixty-two years, using nineteenth-century typefaces almost exclusively.‎

‎ISAAC (Peter)‎

‎William Davison's New Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types. Introduced with an Account of his Activites as Pharmacist and Printer in Alnwick, 1780-1858.‎

‎4to, 39 pages of text followed by about 140 pages of reproductions of type specimen, orig. cloth, d.w. Reproduces this very unusual specimen book put out in the early nineteenth century.‎

‎LOHF (Kenneth A.)‎

‎The History of Printing from its Beginnings to 1930. The Subject Catalogue of the American Type Founders Company Library in the Columbia University Libraries.‎

‎4 Vols., 4to, over 2740pp., orig. cloth. Reproduces the catalogue cards of the ca. 16,000 items in this very important collection. Some of the many subjects include: incunabula, curiosities of bookmaking (such as chained books), modern fine printing, history of paper, type specimen books, printing manuals, graphic design, trade catalogues, binding, and much more.‎

‎TARLING (Alan)‎

‎Will Carter, Printer. An Illustrated Study.‎

‎First edition, 4to, 46pp., profusely illustrated with examples of Will Carter's designs in type and stone, orig. stiff printed wrappers a fine copy. Will Cater established The Rampant Lions Press at Cambridge.‎

‎THIBOUST (Cl.-L.)‎

‎L'Excellence de l'Imprimerie; Poeme Latin de Cl.-L. Thiboust, traduit par Cl.-Ch. Thiboust, son fils.‎

‎26, [4]pp., one of 200 numbered copies, 4 folding plates, orig. printed wrappers, a fine copy.‎

‎THIBOUST (Claude Louis)‎

‎Typographiae excellentia [L'excellence de l'imprimerie. Po?me latin]. Paris: 1754. Second edition of the Latin poem, first edition of the French translation, 28, [2]pp., half-title, double titles in Latin and French, engraved portrait frontispiece by J. Daulle, 2 etched plates (one folding) of a typefoundry and a printing shop, foremargin shaved with slight loss of image on folding plate, text closely cropped effecting imprint and a few letters and words to several foremargins. [Bound with:] DOISSIN (Ludovico) Scalptura Carmen [La Gravure Po?me]. Paris: Le Mercier, 1753. Second edition in Latin, first edition of the French translation, xii, 76, xii, [1]-90, [2]pp. [Bound with:] DOISSIN (Ludovico) Sculptura Carmen [La Sculpture Po?me].‎

‎viii, 94, [2], [1]-120, [4]pp., with half-title. 3 works bound in one (the first named bound last), cont. mottled sheep, worn. The second edition of this poem on the different technical processes involved in printing. This edition was published by Claude Charles Thiboust, his father, Cluade Louis Thiboust, was the author of the poem, and had originally printed it in 1718. The family of Thilboust occupies a distinguished place in the list of French typographers, having started printing in Paris in the middle of the sixteenth century, with successive members of the family being appointed to be Printers to the University. This is followed by two editions of Doissen's poem on engraving. Bigmore & Wyman, III, p. 8; I, p. 183‎

‎COTTON (Rev. Henry)‎

‎The Typographical Gazetteer.‎

‎First edition, 8vo (225 x 145mm), xvi, 219, [1]pp., upper blank corner of dedication leaf torn away, bookplate removed, front endpaper loose, cont. half morocco, marbled paper boards. Bigmore & Wyman, I. p.145. "This is a standard work of reference, and has always enjoyed great authority. The names of the towns are arranged in alphabetical order, and the circumstances attending the introduction into them of the art of printing, the earliest products of their presses, and biographical references to early printers, are given in a succinct manner."‎

‎[CLARKE (William)]‎

‎Repertorium Bibliographicum; or, Some Account of the Most Celebrated British Libraries. London: William Clarke, 1819. First edition, xlviii, [2], 138, 133*-138*, 139-454, 449*-454*, 455-672, [2]pp., engraved frontispiece and 9 engraved portraits (foxed and offset, the portrait of Towneley is inserted and stands proud), small ink splash to title, 2 woodcuts in the text. [Bound with:] A Dialogue in the Shades; between William Caxton, a Bibliomaniac, and William Wynken, Clerk. Rare Doings at Roxburghe Hall. A Ballad. The Diary of Roger Payne, with a Lithographic sketch on the Monument to be Erected to his memory by the Bibliographical Club.‎

‎Second edition, [2 ads], [36]pp., with printed title-page and half-title, engraved headpiece, the advert leaf includes two editions of Beckford's Vathek and A Description of Fonthill Abbey. Small 4to (235 x 145 mm), 2 works in one, recent half calf to style, marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt. A survey of the principal public and private libraries in England, listing highlights of the collections and concluding with brief accounts of 30 important English book auctions from the 17th century onwards. William Beckford assisted in the compilation of this work, particularly in the description of his own library at Fonthill. The Dialogue in the Shades is a two-part pamphlet of satirical verse is a response to Dibdin's Lincolne Nosegay and the Bibliographical Decameron. The attribution varies from William Beckford to the Clarke brothers. This second edition is issued with an additional half-title, title-page with note from 'Mr. Wynkem' on the verso, and with the addition of The Diary of Roger Payne, a work in the same vein. A rare anti-Dibdinia item. Windle & Pippin, D9.‎

‎MIDDLE HILL PRESS.‎

‎Romance of Guy of Warwick. Fragment.‎

‎Small 4to (210 x 165 mm), 12pp., disbound. "The following fragment was found in the cover of an old book in the possession of a gentleman in the neighbourhood of Bath, and was lent to the editor by the Rev. J. Hunter of Torrington Square. The whole poem was printed by Cawood, in the 16th century, but this contains some few variations. 50 copies of this impression have been taken. T. P. / M. H. / Oct. 1838."?Preface. Fenwick 124.1; Holzenberg 126.‎

‎MORISON (Stanley)‎

‎John Bell, 1745-1831. Bookseller, Printer, Publisher, Typefounder, Journalist, &c.‎

‎First edition, large 8vo, xii, 168pp., one of 300 copies, coloured frontis., 18 plates and inserts (collotype, photogravure and line: one coloured), some folding and others of 4 & 8pp., orig. buckram, spine gilt with red leather label, uncut. This important critical biography of the founder and part proprietor of the Morning Post, The World, The Oracle or Bell's New World, Bell's Weekly Messenger, La Belle Assemblee, original proprietor of the The British Library, Bell's British Theatre, Bell's Poets of Great Britain and Bell's Edition of Shakespeare is an elegant production. There are appendixes on Bell's book and newspaper typography, the story of his types in the United States, and his type specimens. Appleton 94.‎

‎STOWER (C.)‎

‎The Printer's Price-Book, Containing the Master Printer's Charges to the Trade for Printing Works of Various Descriptions, Sizes, Types and Pages; Also, a New, Easy, and Correct Method of Casting off Manuscript and other Copy, Exemplified in Specimen Pages of Different Sizes and Types...‎

‎First edition, 8vo (205 x 125 mm), iv, 446pp., 1 plate showing typographical marks (foxed and offset onto title), text moderately browned in places, 32 page author text followed by 326 pages of specimens of type in different sizes, from the foundry of Mr Thorne in Fan Street, Aldersgate Street, with footnotes by the author, pp. 359-446 contain tables with the regular charges for printing works of the same size type length and width as the foregoing specimen pages, cont. half calf, rebacked with original spine laid-down, marbled boards, corners rubbed through. A compendium of information on the early nineteenth-century printing trade: payment for compositors, master printers' rates, typographical marks, casting off copy, type specimens, etc. This book is far scarcer than Stower's earlier work The Printer's Grammar of 1808.‎