Books and Printing: A Treasury for TypophilesPaul A. Bennett World Publishing Company, 1951 - 430 páginas |
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... century a new scientific amenity for which there was a pre - existing and insistent demand is evident from the mounting number of nautical almanacks published between Gutenberg's first productions and the project of Colum- bus . Soon ...
... century a new scientific amenity for which there was a pre - existing and insistent demand is evident from the mounting number of nautical almanacks published between Gutenberg's first productions and the project of Colum- bus . Soon ...
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... century two rival fashions of decora- tion were developed which finally banished the woodcut border , first the method of decoration by type ornaments or printers ' flowers , and secondly the engraved title page . There is one ex- ample ...
... century two rival fashions of decora- tion were developed which finally banished the woodcut border , first the method of decoration by type ornaments or printers ' flowers , and secondly the engraved title page . There is one ex- ample ...
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... century , are in general the best , being simpler and not yet over- burdened with a mass of detail . The good taste of the eighteenth century brought about a reform . But at Paris most books of this period had a typographic title page ...
... century , are in general the best , being simpler and not yet over- burdened with a mass of detail . The good taste of the eighteenth century brought about a reform . But at Paris most books of this period had a typographic title page ...
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OTTO F EGE The Story of the Alphabet | 3 |
LANCELOT HOGBEN Printing Paper and Playing Cards | 15 |
RUTH S GRANNISS Colophons | 31 |
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