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
• Mechanic exercises; Doctrine of handy-works
• Mechanick exercises. Vol. 2

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

ESTC No.

R17720

Grub Street ID

69409

Description

[4], 394 p., [2], 33 leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 4°.

Note

A continuation of Moxon's first volume of articles on various crafts, published 1677-1680 as a serial (Wing M3013). 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."; Contains 24 numbered sections with continuous pagination

Includes advertisements interspersed within items

Includes: Printing--Letter-cutting--Printing-letters--Compositers trade--Press-mans trade--Dictionary, alphabetically explaining the abstruse words and phrases that are used in typography

Plates 1,2,8 and 9 appear to be printed as part of the gatherings on leaves D2, E2, I4 and L1 respectively. They are not counted in the pagination

Signatures: A]2 B-2C]4 2D]2 2E-3E]4 3F]4(-3F4); Copies at UMI microfilm Early English Books 1641-1700, reels 325 and 1128 are filmed with the first volume. Vol. 2 begins respectively at image 155 and image 146