Books and Printing: A Treasury for TypophilesPaul A. Bennett World Publishing Company, 1951 - 417 páginas A collection of forty articles, poems, and essays by practitioners of the art of bookmaking. A unique feature of this book is that its articles are set in twenty-two different typefaces; thus it serves as a student's specimen book, affording an interesting comparison of the "color" and body of various composition faces while at the same time supplementing the comments of the typographic experts. More than one hundred illustrations of printers' marks, decorative bookplates, specimen pages, etc., complement the text--From publisher description. |
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... printed books , giving particulars as to authorship , date and place of production , and sometimes expressing the thankfulness of the author , scribe or printer on the completion of his task the importance of these final paragraphs ...
... printed books , giving particulars as to authorship , date and place of production , and sometimes expressing the thankfulness of the author , scribe or printer on the completion of his task the importance of these final paragraphs ...
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... book , as this often appears to take the place of a colophon . " Iolo Williams ' Elements of Book - Collecting2 contains this para- graph : " In the earliest printed books the title page's functions were performed by the colophon , a ...
... book , as this often appears to take the place of a colophon . " Iolo Williams ' Elements of Book - Collecting2 contains this para- graph : " In the earliest printed books the title page's functions were performed by the colophon , a ...
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... to you the various processes used in the making of books , beginning with the paper on which the book is printed . Morris found no paper being manufactured that was suitable for his use . It was only after • 228 . Books and Printing.
... to you the various processes used in the making of books , beginning with the paper on which the book is printed . Morris found no paper being manufactured that was suitable for his use . It was only after • 228 . Books and Printing.
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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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