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Title: The Invention of Typography

Author: Frederick W. Hamilton


Release date: February 22, 2022 [eBook #67471]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: United Typothetae of America, 1918

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TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES—PART VIII, No. 50

THE INVENTION OF TYPOGRAPHY
A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE INVENTION OF PRINTING AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT

BY
FREDERICK W. HAMILTON, LL.D.
EDUCATION DIRECTOR
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
PUBLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
1918
Copyright, 1918
United Typothetae of America
Chicago, Ill.
Composition and electrotypes contributed by
Evans-Winter-Hebb, Inc.
Detroit