1878 INVENTION of PRINTING by T. de VINNE ILLUSTRATED antique SIGNED by AUTHOR!

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INVENTION of PRINTING
A Collection of Facts and Opinions, Descriptive of Early Prints and Playing Cards, the Block-Books of the Fifteenth Century, the Legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the Work of John Gutenberg and His Associates
by Theo. L. de VINNE
SIGNED by AUTHOR!
ILLUSTRATED
Text in English
Size 7 by 9 3/4"
557 pages
Original cloth binding.
Uncut
Very good interior, worn binding
Ex-library

Theodore Low De Vinne (December 25, 1828 – February 16, 1914) was an American printer and scholarly author on typography. Considered "the leading commercial printer of his day,"
De Vinne did much for the improvement of American printing and typography.

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