Main entry:

Twyman, Michael.

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:

Williamsburg, Va. : Book Press ; London : Farrand Press & Private Libraries Association, ©1990.

Description:

374 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-343) 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 facsimilies of old documents -- Facsimilies of autographs -- Photolithographed facsimilies 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:

0916271056
9780916271053
1850830177
9781850830177

Subject:

Lithography History.
Lithography Printing.
Book industries and trade History.
Book ornamentation History.
Lithographie Histoire.
Livres Ornementation Histoire.
Livres Industrie Histoire.
Book ornamentation
Book industries and trade
Lithography
Lithografie.
Boeken.

Form/genre:

History
Illustrated works.
Catalogues.

Holdings:

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