{"product_id":"the-history-and-art-of-printing-in-two-parts-paperback-9781108073394","title":"The History and Art of Printing; In Two Parts (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108073394","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe History and Art of Printing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIn Two Parts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe technical information provided by this 1771 book was still valid and used until the middle of the twentieth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip Luckombe (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108073394, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 November 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e528 pages, 19 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePhilip Luckombe (1730–1803), printer, author and shell-collector, published this work in 1771. (He had published a shorter version, A Concise History of the Origin and Progress of Printing, anonymously in the previous year.)  Born in Exeter, he learned the printing trade there, and became a freeman of the city in 1776, but moved to London, where he wrote travelogues and several books on printing, edited dictionaries and encyclopaedias, and became an authority on shells. The first part of the book is concerned with the history of printing, including the various charters issued to the Stationers' Company, and the second with the practicalities of 'the art and mystery of printing' and 'the necessary materials used in a Printing House', including typefaces, presses and paper, and the duties of a warehouseman. This technical information continued to be used and quoted until the middle of the twentieth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTo the public\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e A concise history of printing\u003cbr\u003e Introduction of the art into England\u003cbr\u003e Progress abroad\u003cbr\u003e By whom practised in London\u003cbr\u003e Where practised in the country\u003cbr\u003e A specimen of printing types, by William Caxton\u003cbr\u003e The Stationers' charters, etc.\u003cbr\u003e Of printing materials\u003cbr\u003e The printing press\u003cbr\u003e Compositors business\u003cbr\u003e A table shewing the first folio of a sheet of folio, for nine alphabets\u003cbr\u003e Characters\u003cbr\u003e A collection of English words, which agree in sound, yet differ in sense\u003cbr\u003e Business requisite in the warehouse\u003cbr\u003e Technical terms used in printing\u003cbr\u003e Contents.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266182566168,"sku":"9781108073394","price":34.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108073394i_27d45a17-7005-4091-8842-d44fe76ba984.jpg?v=1696751458","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-history-and-art-of-printing-in-two-parts-paperback-9781108073394","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}