The old printer and the modern press
Knight, Charles, 1791-18731854
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From p (v): "In 1844 I wrote...William caxton, a biography...In the present work I have remodelled that biography; rendering it a more compact narrative of the state of knowledge before the invention of printing, of the personal history of the man who brought the invention to England, and of the nature of his efforts to diffuse information amongst his countrymen. The second part embraces a very broad view of the progress of the press down to our own day, especially in relation to...cheap popular literature.".
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Imprint:
London : John Murray : [printed by W. Clowes and Sons], 1854.
Collation:
314 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Notes:
Imprint from title-page verso.
Language:
English
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BRN:
934347