John Johnson (1777–1848) worked for a private press at Lee Priory, Kent, which published limited editions of poetry, prose and pamphlets, but was not financially successful. Moving to London in 1824, Johnson produced this two-volume work on printing, which had become a popular topic in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The work was published in several formats, and contemporary reviewers noted Johnson's highly ornate typography and use of engravings more than the contents. Volume 1 deals with the history of printing, listing printers working in England up to the end of the sixteenth century, and Volume 2 describes contemporary practice and new developments in the industry such as the use of steam presses and the stereotype process.

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Product details
- Date Published: May 2012
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108047791
- length: 1346 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 77 mm
- weight: 1.83kg
- contains: 138 b/w illus.
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
The origin, rise, and progress, of the typographic art
The introduction and progress of the art in Great Britain
William Caxton
John Leftou, and William Machlinia
Wynkyn de Worde
Richard Pynson
Julian Notary
William Faques
Henry Pepwell
Peter Treveris
James Nicholson
John Redman
Christopher Truthall
Thomas Godfray
John Skot
John Rastell
Robert Copland
William Copland
Robert Wyer
Robert Redman
Elizabeth Redman
Richard Bankes
Laurence Andrewe
John Reynes
Thomas Berthelet
Richard Fawkes
John Haukins
William Rastell
John Toye
John Byddell
Thomas Gibson
John Gowghe
William Marshall
Roger Latham
Richard Grafton
Edward Whitchurch
Hery, or Henry Tab
William Baldwin
Thomas Petit
John Wayland
George Joye, or Joy
Andrew Hester
Michael Lobley
John Mayler
William Middleton
John Herforde
The widow of John Herforde
William Harford, or Herforde
Thomas Raynald
Robert Toy
Richard Lant
William Bonham
Leonard Askell
Nicholas Bourman
Reynold Wolfe
Joan Wolfe
William Follingham, or Follington
John Day
Richard Day
Timothy Rider
Henry Disle
Robert Redborne
William Seres
Henry Smyth
Roger Carr
Nicholas Hyll
Richard Wyer
John Wyer
Richard Jugge
John Jugge
Joan Jugge
John Walley
Robert Walley
William Powell
Hugh Singleton
Richard Kele
Anthony Scoloker
Humphrey Powell
Robert Stoughton
Gualter Lynne
William Hill
Robert Crowley
John Kynge
William Tilly
Thomas Gualtier
John Tysdall
Stephen Myerdman
John Case
John Turk
Abraham Veale
John Wight
John Cawood
William Riddell
Rowland Hall
Richard Tottel
Roger Madeley
Robert Caley
John Kingston
Henry Sutton
Thomas Marshe
Thomas Geminie, or Gemini
Anthony Kidson, or Kytson
Thomas Powell, or Powel
James Burrel
Owen Rogers, or Ap Rogers
William Norton
Richard Adams
Richard Harrison
David Moptid, and John Mather
John Sampson, alias Awdeley
John Alde
Thomas Hacket
Ralph, or Rafe Newbery
Francis Coldock
William Griffith
Lucas Harrison, or Harryson
Thomas Colwell
Humphrey Toy
Henry Wykes
Gerard Dewes
Henry Denham
Richard Serlls
Henry Bynneman
Thomas Purfoot
Alexander Lacy
Thomas East, Est, or Este
Richard Watkins
James Roberts
William How resided in Fleet Street
Richard Jones, Jhones, or Johnes
Henry Middleton
William Williamson
Thomas Vautrollier
Christopher and Robert Barker
John Gharlewood
Thomas Woodcock
William Hoskins
John Shepard
Thomas Dawson
Nicasius Yetsweirt
Charles Yetsweirt
Charles Yetsweirt
Hugh Jackson
Andrew Maunsell
Robert Walde-grave
George Bishop
John Harrion
Abel Jeffs
Thomas Scarlet
Henry Bamford
Richard Webster
Edward Aggas
John Wolfe
Roger Ward
Thomas Charde
Edward White
William Bartlet, or Barthelet
William Carter
Henry Marshe
Richard Yardley and Peter Short
Ninian Newton
Robert Robison, Robertson, or Robinson
Edmund Bollifant
John Jackson
Walter Venge
Simon Waterson
Thomas Lust
John Windet
George Robinson
Richard Robinson
Edward Allde, or Alde
Thomas Orwin
Richard Field
Toby Cook
William White
Robert Dexter
William Kerney, or Kearney
Robert Bourne and John Porter
John Danter
William Ponsonby
William Saunderson
William Barley
Thomas Salisbury, Ralph Blowar, John Bowen, and John Busbie
Richard Boyle
Thomas Creed
Adam Islip
Gabriel Simpson
Valentine Sims, or Simmes
Henrie Ballard
Felix Kingston
John de Beauchesne
John Norton
George Shaw
Thomas Judson
Richard Brancocke, or Bradock
Simon Strafford, or Stafford
Early introduction of the art into the country
Oxford
Cambridge
St Albans
York
Beverley
Tavistock
Southwark
Canterbury
Ipswich
Worcester
Greenwich
Norwich
Moulsey
Index. Volume 2:
1. Properties of types
2. Different sizes of letters
3. A fount of letter, as considered by letter-founders
4. Rules
5. Names of letter, and their bearings to each other
6. Observa
Author
John Johnson