The Printer in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg / An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft

The book describes the daily life, tools, and techniques of an eighteenth-century Williamsburg printing office, focusing on the proprietor who ran the colony's newspaper and his shop's roles as post office, bookshop, and information center. It explains typography practices, typefaces such as Caslon, long s and ligatures, press construction and binding operations, and the workflow of compositors, journeymen, and apprentices. The text also recounts the printing office's social and civic impact, the reproduction of period equipment at a living-history site, and the craft traditions that shaped colonial American printing.