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91 - (Krebs, B.). Handbook of the Art of Printing. Frankfurt, Andreäische Buchhandlung, 1827. XVIII, 830 pages. With 8 (of 12) folded plates and some illustrations and tables in the text. Small octavo. Contemporary leather binding with gilt and blind embossing (rubbed).
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(Krebs, B.). Handbook of the Art of Printing. Frankfurt, Andreäische Buchhandlung, 1827. XVIII, 830 pages. With 8 (of 12) folded plates and some illustrations and tables in the text. Small octavo. Contemporary leather binding with gilt and blind embossing (rubbed). Boghardt, Typographical Textbooks, 28; Bigmore & Wyman I, 298. - First edition. - 'Belongs to the best works of the older specialist literature' (Lexicon of the Entire Book Trade II, 272). - Benjamin Krebs was the proprietor of the Frankfurt type foundry of the same name and the Andreäische Buchhandlung. Bigmore & Wyman name J.C. Bauer as the author; Boghardt considers both attributions uncertain. Known as the 'Andreäische Handbook,' it was the standard work for German printers for decades. - 4 plates are missing, otherwise a good copy.
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