Books and Printing: A Treasury for TypophilesA 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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4 7th of April last : printed with types of American Manufacture . The first Work with Amer . Types : tho ' Types were made at N. Haven years ago . " The fact that Ezra Stiles was one of the earliest patrons of Abel Buell's venture in ...
4 7th of April last : printed with types of American Manufacture . The first Work with Amer . Types : tho ' Types were made at N. Haven years ago . " The fact that Ezra Stiles was one of the earliest patrons of Abel Buell's venture in ...
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If they had added , as possibly they might have done with truth , " on a press of Philadelphia make , " we could regard this statement as the declaration of inde- pendence of the American printer from the English manufacturer .
If they had added , as possibly they might have done with truth , " on a press of Philadelphia make , " we could regard this statement as the declaration of inde- pendence of the American printer from the English manufacturer .
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One further quotation will show how readily Hol- brook Jackson's wisdom can be thrown out of the window ; in these pages last year Mr. Herbert Read criticised the English and American editions of his own book , The Grass Roots of Art ...
One further quotation will show how readily Hol- brook Jackson's wisdom can be thrown out of the window ; in these pages last year Mr. Herbert Read criticised the English and American editions of his own book , The Grass Roots of Art ...
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OTTO F EGE The Story of the Alphabet | 3 |
LANCELOT HOGBEN Printing Paper and Playing Cards | 15 |
WROTH The First Work with | 65 |
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alphabet American appear artist beauty become beginning called capitals cast century character colophon common COMPOSED copy decoration desirable device early edition English example experience face fact Franklin friends give Greek hand head idea illustrations important interest issued Italy John kind known later less letter limited living look machine mark matter means mind Morris natural never original ornaments perhaps period possible practice present printer printing private press produced publisher question reader reason relation Reprinted result Roman rule seems sense simple space standards style taste things thought tion trade turn typography volume whole writing written
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| Título | Books and Printing: A Treasury for Typophiles Volumen 259 de Forum books Forum books, F259 |
| Editor | Paul A. Bennett |
| Edición | revisada |
| Editor | World Publishing Company, 1951 |
| Procedencia del original | la Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 25 Ago 2009 |
| N.º de páginas | 417 páginas |
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