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.

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• 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.
• Mechanick exercises Doctrine of handy-works

People / Organizations

• Joseph Moxon (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Joseph Moxon on the west-side of Fleet-ditch, at the sign of Atlas, 1683.

Publication year

1683-1683

ESTC No.

R17720

Grub Street ID

69409

Description

1 v. : ill., ports. ; 4⁰

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.