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Featured Books 1. Savage, William. PRACTICAL HINTS ON DECORATIVE PRINTING, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS ENGRAVED ON WOOD, AND PRINTED IN COLOURS AT THE TYPE PRESS. London: various publishers, 1822, small 4to., full red straight grain morocco elaborately tooled in gilt, all edge gilt. Frontispiece; half-title, title, Contents leaf, List of Subscribers 2 leaves, Address leaf, Dedication leaf (i-ii), Preface (iii)-vi: Decorative Printing 1-65, Appendix pp.(67)-100, Illustrations (101)-118, 3 unpaginated leaves of poetry printed rectos only, Index pp.(iv). $ 18,500.00 First edition, with only 227 subscribers listed; this is one of the 100 or so Large Paper Copies. (Bigmore & Wyman II, 297; Abbey, LIFE, 233; Burch p.118; McLean p.34). Large Paper Copies are obviously larger in format (14.5 x 10.25 inches) and have other differences from the small paper copies: 1. many of the plates are printed on separate sheets of paper and are mounted in the large paper copies; 2. has a number of the plates printed horizontally on the page rather than vertically as the larger page size allowed that. Savage was a printer known for his superb craftsmanship and certainly demonstrated that ability in producing this book. Many of the plates are in the most stunning color; especially noted are the title and dedication pages. Contains chapters on the history of printing, printing materials, press work, printing in colors and 10 sections in the appendix devoted to different aspects of the printing industry as it stood in 1822. 1 Only 227 copies were subscribed for from a projected edition of 325 copies.
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