LASTEYRIE (Charles-Philibert, comte de)

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LASTEYRIE (Charles-Philibert, comte de)
Economic typography, or the Art of printing made available to all, and applicable to different social needs. Paris, Chez l'Auteur, 1837. In-8, 2 ff.n.ch., 1 p.n.ch. (printed upside down), p. 1 bis, pp. 2-59: brochure sewn with thread under cover of chamois paper, printed and illustrated, untrimmed, modern morocco box-case. Unique edition of this manual describing the portable press designed by Lasteyrie. Agronomist and philanthropist close to Mirabeau and La Fayette, the Count of Lasteyrie (1759-1849) was a pioneer of lithography in France. Bringing the invention of Aloys Senefelder from Germany, he opened the first lithographic printing works in Paris in 1815. The author presents here his economical portable printing press, whose device, so simple and not very bulky can be easily transported to the countryside, would be of great use in regiments, either in times of war or in times of peace, and would provide advantages for public administrations, especially in the small towns of our departments. The illustration consists of five plates, the second of which is a duplicate, as it should be. They depict the printing press and its accessories (ink roller, galley, small moulding brush, sergeant, etc.), as well as the processes for the low-cost transposition of copper engravings and, at the end, the portrait of Tissot. Copy as published, complete with the page noted 1 bis. A line has been cut out from the title, a feature common to other copies. (Bigmore & Wyman, A Bibliography of Printing I, p. 422: erroneously describe only 3 plates).
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