Excerpt from Typographia: An Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing; With Practical Directions for Conducting Every Department in an Office; With a Description of Stereotype and Lithography It has been my object, as far as circumstances and the nature of my work enabled me, to make it acceptable, gene rally, to men of letters, and essentially so to members of the art: and although the number of illustrations and embellishments which I have added, must unavoidably enhance the cost of the book, yet, I trust the purpose in tended thereby, if happily effected, will sufficiently justify the extra charge, and exonerate me from any responsibility on the ground of its having been unnecessarily augmented, and that no purchaser will complain of the introduction of things irrelevant, or not intimately connected with the main subject of the volume. Imperfections, after all, will certainly be found and I do not so much wish them to be overlooked, as to have the entire work examined with candour, and immoved by friendly suggestion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.