Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Printing, 1728-1766

Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Printing, 1728-1766
Author: Clarence William Miller
Publisher: Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society
Total Pages: 704
Release: 1974
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
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Franklin's printing house was one of the most influential in all the Brit. colonies in the 18th cent. Here are bibliographically accurate descriptions of the more than 800 items from broadsides to books printed by Franklin or by the partnership of Franklin and Hall. Lists 600+ pieces of job printing by Franklin, and another 100 items erroneously ascribed to the Franklin shop. Includes a summary account of Franklin's career as a printer in Phila., and individual essays on his dealings with the Brit. type-founders, the colonial Amer. papermakers, and the PA and New England bookbinders. Includes specimens of Franklin's first type fonts and pictorial reproductions of his stock of decorative ornaments and of rubbings of binders' tools found on vol. bearing his imprint.

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Author: Dr. Williams's Library
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Total Pages: 998
Release: 1968
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