The history of printing in America.

Thomas, Isaiah

The history of printing in America.

Worcester

From the press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Isaac Sturtevant, printer

1810

Isaiah Thomas (1749–183l) was a leading printer and publisher of his time—Benjamin Franklin called him the “Baskerville of America.” His treatise on the history of printing in America, which was published in 1810, drew heavily on his personal command of the practical aspects of printing, as well as his acquaintance with American printers of the eighteenth century and before. It remains the most significant early work on the subject.

Gift of David Wolfe Bruce, 1894.