The printer's grammar: containing a concise history of the origin of printing; also, an examination of the Superficies, Gradation, and Properties of the different sizes of types cast by Letter Founders; Various Tables of Calculation; Models of Letter Cases; Schemes for casting off Copy, and Imposing; and Many Other Requisites for attaining a perfect Knowledge both in the Theory and Practice of the Art of Printing. With directions to authors, compilers, &c. How to prepare copy, and to correct their own proofs. Chiefly collected from Smith's edition. To which are added directions for pressmen, &c. The whole calculated for the Service of All who have any Concern in the Letter Press.

  • Smith, John, active 1755.
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M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]
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London : printed by L. Wayland; and sold by T. Evans, Pater-Noster-Row, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]

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[4],369,[1]p.,table ; 80.

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ESTC T98767

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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