John Johnson
Johnson, J.
John Johnson, printer, "wrote the book" on typography, typesetting, presses, and the business of printing. His 1824 "Typographia : or the Printers 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" was the definitive work of its time.
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Typographia, or the Printers' Instructor
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The Koran
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The theological works of the rev. John Johnson [containing The unbloody sacrifice, and altar, ed ..
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Typographia, or, The printers' instructor
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Abridgment of Johnson's Typographia
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Abridgment of Johnson's Typographia
no cover - OHOne hundred fables, original an...John Johnson
One hundred fables, original and selected
no cover - TTypographiaJohn Johnson
Typographia
no cover - TTTo the Society of arts, this sp...John Johnson
To the Society of arts, this specimen of typographic composition is humbly submitted, as the most ingenious & original piece ever produced in this branch of art
no cover - AEAn ecclesiastical history, anci...John Johnson
An ecclesiastical history, ancient and modern, from the birth of Christ to the beginning of the eighteenth century
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Typographia, or the Printers' Instructor
- Open Work
The Koran
- Open Work
The theological works of the rev. John Johnson [containing The unbloody sacrifice, and altar, ed ..
- Open Work
Typographia, or, The printers' instructor
- Open Work
Abridgment of Johnson's Typographia
- Open Work
Abridgment of Johnson's Typographia
- Open Work
One hundred fables, original and selected
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Typographia
- Open Work
To the Society of arts, this specimen of typographic composition is humbly submitted, as the most ingenious & original piece ever produced in this branch of art
- Open Work
An ecclesiastical history, ancient and modern, from the birth of Christ to the beginning of the eighteenth century