Johnson (John) - Typographia; or the Printer’s Instructor.

Typographia; or the Printer’s Instructor, including an account of the Origin of Printing; with biographical notices of the printers of England from Caxton to the close of the sixteenth century; a series of ancient and modern alphabets and Domesday characters, together with an elucidation of every subject connected with the art. First edition, Vol 2 (of 2) ONLY., 16mo, pp.iv,664 + index, The Apollo Press, Holborn, for Longman, [etc] London, 1824.
Engraved portraits, titles decorated in types, armorial bearings and bannerets of the Roxburghe Club. Engraved vignettes within the text, typographic borders. Original blindstamped cloth with printed spine label. A very good copy..
The second volume is practical, the fist historical.