[WATSON, James].

The History of the Art of Printing, Containing an Account of It's Invention and Progress in Europe: with the Names of the Famous Printers, the Places of their Birth, and the Works printed by Them. And a Preface by the Publisher to the Printers in Scotland.

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One folding sheet of woodcut printer's ornaments & numerous specimens of type in the text. Title printed in red & black. 24, xlviii, 64 pp. Small 8vo, mid-18th cent. calf (upper joint cracked but strong, head & foot of spine a bit chipped, two small wormholes affecting most leaves with hole in title repaired), sides with a gilt roll-tool border, spine lettered in gilt. Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson, 1713. First edition and very scarce. The first 24 pages contain Watson's preface addressed to the printers of Scotland, containing important details of printing practice and conditions in the British Isles. Much of this information is not found elsewhere. The second section -- "Specimen of Types in the Printing-House of James Watson" -- includes the very rare folding sheet of vignettes, head- and tailpieces. The third section is an English translation and abridgement of Jean de la Caille's Histoire de l'Imprimerie (Paris: 1689). A very good and complete copy. Preserved in a slipcase. From the famous typographical library of Jackson Burke, with his bookplate. Bigmore & Wyman, III, pp. 67-68. See Lawrence Wroth's Corpus Typographicum for a discussion of Watson's History.

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