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The Invention of Typography

The Invention of Typography

by Frederick W. Hamilton

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Author
Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1860-1940
Title
The Invention of Typography A Brief Sketch of the Invention of Printing and How it Came About
Original Publication
United States: United Typothetae of America,1918.
Credits
Richard Tonsing, Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
Z: Bibliography, Library science
Subject
Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 67471
Release Date
February 22, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE INVENTION OF TYPOGRAPHY A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE INVENTION OF PRINTING AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS — Introduction
  4. 4.CHAPTER I Conditions in the Middle of the Fifteenth Century
  5. 5.CHAPTER II Steps Toward Typography
  6. 6.CHAPTER III Claims to the Invention
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV The Invention
  8. 8.CHAPTER V Materials and Methods of the First Printers — SUPPLEMENTARY READING
  9. 9.SUGGESTIONS TO STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS — QUESTIONS

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