First edition. A history of printing and the related professions, including calligraphy, illumination, bookselling, engraving, papermaking, and binding. (Bigmore and Wyman I, 412). Also includes a history of the fraternal associations of these professions, from their founding until their suppression in 1780. Many of the illustrations reproduce the heraldic devices of these associations; other illustrations are samples of writing and types. With four color plates and 15 in black-and-white. Bigmore and Wyman, in their three-page description, refer to this as a "most instructive and interesting work." Foxing of title page. Plates in all three volumes. Covers rubbed.

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