Mechanick exercises: or, the doctrine of handy-works. : Applied to the art of printing. The second volumne [sic]. By Joseph Moxon, member of the Royal Society, and hydrographer to the King's most excellent majesty.
1683
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Title
Mechanick exercises: or, the doctrine of handy-works. : Applied to the art of printing. The second volumne [sic]. By Joseph Moxon, member of the Royal Society, and hydrographer to the King's most excellent majesty.
Created/published
London : Printed for Joseph Moxon on the west-side of Fleet-ditch, at the sign of Atlas, 1683.
Description
1 v. : ill., ports. ; (4to)
Associated name
Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691, author.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, former owner.
Note
A continuation of Moxon's first volume of articles on various crafts, published 1677-1680 as a serial. Moxon explains the gap between vols. 1 and 2 as, "obstructed by the breaking out of the Plot [i.e. the Popish Plot], which took off the minds of my few customers from buying."
Vol. 2 contains 24 numbered sections with continuous pagination.
Includes advertisements interspersed within items.
Vol. 2 includes: Printing--Letter-Cutting--Printing-Letters--Compositers trade--Press-mans trade--Dictionary, alphabetically explaining the abstruse words and phrases that are used in typography.
Vol. 2 contains 24 numbered sections with continuous pagination.
Includes advertisements interspersed within items.
Vol. 2 includes: Printing--Letter-Cutting--Printing-Letters--Compositers trade--Press-mans trade--Dictionary, alphabetically explaining the abstruse words and phrases that are used in typography.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2001-2002. The Reader Revealed (catalog entry 6)
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), M3014
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R17720
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R17720
Continues
Moxon, Joseph,
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
M3014
Folger-specific note
192379. Bound with: Blount, Charles. Reasons humbly offered for the liberty of unlicens'd printing. London: printed in the year 1693. Vol. 2 only. Sigs.T-2D lacking. Provenance: on front paste-down, bookplate reading: "The gift of J. O. Halliwell Esq. Penzance Library"; library stamp of Penzance Library throughout; in Folger card catalogue: Halliwell - Phillipps - Penzance Library copy; on back fly-leaf, label reading: "Repaired by Walker & Son, Plymouth"