The Letter-Press Printer - A Complete Guide to the Art of Printing: Including an Introductory Essay by William Morris - Couverture souple

Gould, Joseph; Morris, William; Southward, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1443711322 ISBN 13 : 9781443711326

Editeur : Old Hand Books, 2008

Synopsis

A classic guide to the art of printing, covering the intricate mechanical operations and fascinating history of the letter press.

First published in 1876, this comprehensive manual is a useful and instructive guide to letter-press printing. Covering a variety of printed products, such as newspapers and books, Joseph Gould gives an extensive overview of this forgotten art.

The chapters featured in this volume include:

• Names of Various Sizes of Books
• Diagrams of Impositions
• Music Composition
• Casting off Copy
• Colour Printing
• Greek and Hebrew
• Printers' Correction Marks

Old Hand Books is proudly republishing this volume in a new edition, featuring an introduction on the history of letter-press printing and typography by John Southward.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Letter-Press Printer: A Complete Guide to the Art of Printing by Joseph Gould is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This publication was produced from a professional scan of an original edition of the book, which can include imperfections from the original book or through the scanning process, and has been created from an edition which we consider to be of the best possible quality available. This popular classic work by Joseph Gould is in the English language. The Letter-Press Printer: A Complete Guide to the Art of Printing is highly recommended for those who enjoy the works of Joseph Gould, and for those discovering the works of Joseph Gould for the first time.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Old Hand Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1443711322
• ISBN 13: 9781443711326
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 266
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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