[Printers' Manual]. Brun, M. (Marcelin) - MANUEL PRATIQUE Et ABREGE De La TYPOGRAPHIE FRANCAISE

Bruxelles: Chez Lejeune Fils, Libraire-Editeur, 1826. 2nd edition (Bigmore & Wyman, p. 88). Original printed wrappers of stiff card stock. Housed in a custom black cloth chemise with black qtr-calf, marbled boards slipcase. [4], 236 pp (including Index & 'Note Supplementaire'). Untrimmed. Illustrated. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Soiling & edgewear to wrappers, with first few leaves. Vertical cracks to spine paper, with gatherings beginnning to separate. A Good copy of a fragile piece. Per Bigmore & Wyman: "This little work, [first] published and printed by the firm of Didot Pere et fils, is a practical typographical manual, treating every branch of composition and press work. It is quite a gem from a typographic point of view. Firmin Didot superintended the printing, and the book possesses the singular feature of not containing one divided word throughout.".