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A first edition of the deluxe one volume format containing four color plates not present in the standard one-volume edition. Previously issued in four volumes. As described by Geoffrey Wakeman in The Literature of Letterpress Printing 1849-1900, no. 54 "[This] was in fact the most important and complete book [on printing] to have appeared since the first edition of Practical printing in 1882 and it remained influential for many years ... The 'art style' and fine printing were incorporated into the book. A chapter on linotype was specially written by an expert. Monotype, Tachytype, Cox, Empire, Fraser & Hooker, Thorne, Hattersley and Wicks machines were all described." Also includes chapters discussing color printing including two-colour and three-colour printing
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Fine complete copy of this rare edition. Knecht was the sole pupil of Senefelder. The present work had its origins in the 1827 manual by Bregeaut. That manual was revised and augmented by Knecht and Jules Desportes in 1850 (see Twyman, Lithography, p. 264). The present work, while still based on Bregeaut, is largely a new work, completely rewritten and incorporating the subjects listed in the title above. It is listed in Twyman's bibliography, p. 267. The plates are also new and include one chromolithograph (imprimé sur les machines a vapeur systeme Dupuy, Passage du Desir, 3, Paris). (Charles Wood, cat. 167, # 146).
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"The Brazilian epic poem 'O Uraguai,' first published in Lisbon in 1769, caught the imagination of Sir Richard F. Burton during his service as Her Majesty's consul in Santos between 1865 and 1868. The great translator of the 'Arabian Nights' and of Camoen's 'Lusiads' saw in this poem a tragic depiction of the theme of cultural conflict so prominent in his own work. Burton's verse translation, both a faithful rendering of the original and a worthy achievement in its own right, is still the sole English version. This edition finally brings the translation to light...This edition is based on the manuscript now in the Huntington Library. It includes the translator's preface, his biography of Gama, and his critical analysis of the poem, along with the original Portuguese text. An introduction by the editors discusses the historical and literary context of the poem and relates the curious history of the manuscript, revealing new aspects of the life and thought of the most famous translator in modern British letters"--dust jacket.
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China under the Empress Dowager has taken its place amongst standard works on modern Chinese history by virtue of the fascination of the story itself, of its literary quality and of its authority as an historical record of the penultimate crisis in the history of the Manchu Empire. The first two virtues justify the publication of a third edition and they are fortified by the testimony of Professor Duyvendak of Leiden, when he says that this work "in masterly fashion expresses the atmosphere of those days," and by the importance attached to it by such competent scholars as Dr. H.B. Morse, Sir Reginald Johnston and Dr. H.F. MacNair. Since the date of its first publication, that part of the volume devoted to the Dairy of His Excellency Ching Shan has stood out as being of capital importance. So fully was this recognized, indeed, that in 1924 Professor Duyvendak published in full, with an English translation, that part of the Diary which had been included in the book and had been deposited by Mr. Bland in the British Museum. -- Publisher's note.
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