An Abridgement of Johnson's Typographia, or The Printers' Instructor:. with an Appendix.
Boston: C. L. Adams, 1828. 4 3/4 x 7 1/2. Frontis of a Columbian Press, title, Preface, 316 pages plus tipped recipe for making composition for rollers and two plates of Hoe printing presses. Recent morocco-backed marbled boards and endpapers. Bookplate. Bookplate of Jacob L. Chernofsky. Fine. Item #15369
The second comprehensive American printer's manual, and the first American edition of Johnson. Mostly an abridgment of Johnson's Typographia of 1824, scattered footnotes added to the text. The Appendix (pages 295-316) contains new material covering presses, several with full page illustrations, and other printing equipment. Very rare on the market with no auction records.
Dawson's Jackson Burke Catalogue #428, item 880 supplies the reason for attributing editorship to Thomas Adams. Bigmore & Wyman Vol.I page 373; JPHS #4 E-12; PaGA V/No.2 p.29.
Price: $1,500.00