cloth, paper spine label
1982 · North Hills
by Atkyns, Richards and William Caslon
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. cloth, paper spine label. Bird & Bull Press. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 141 pages. Introductions by Carey S. Bliss. One of 500 copies (Heaney A33). This is the first reprinting in facsimile of two important first books on printing in English. The first is Atkyns' The Original and Growth of Printing(1664) which is the first book devoted to the subject of printing; the second is William Caslon's first type specimen book, also the first English type specimen book. Carey Bliss, the curator of rare books at the Huntington Library, has written introductions for both books. (Inventory #: 1353)