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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... English pub- lisher , there is a certain liveliness in the American production , which , were I a purchaser faced with a choice , would induce me to buy the American edition , even if it cost me rather more . But if the English edition ...
... English pub- lisher , there is a certain liveliness in the American production , which , were I a purchaser faced with a choice , would induce me to buy the American edition , even if it cost me rather more . But if the English edition ...
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... English authorities , says : " For a press to be private a double qualification seems to be necessary : the books it prints must not be obtainable by any chance purchaser who offers a price for them and the owner must print for his own ...
... English authorities , says : " For a press to be private a double qualification seems to be necessary : the books it prints must not be obtainable by any chance purchaser who offers a price for them and the owner must print for his own ...
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... English Books 1475-1500 , 176 Schöffer , Peter , 38-40 , 42 , 49 , 53 , 91 , 183 School Press , 179 Scotch Modern type face , 284 , 287 , 413 Schwartz , Joseph , xv Schwartz , Miriam , xv serifs , 255 , 405-7 Shand , James , xiv , 381 ...
... English Books 1475-1500 , 176 Schöffer , Peter , 38-40 , 42 , 49 , 53 , 91 , 183 School Press , 179 Scotch Modern type face , 284 , 287 , 413 Schwartz , Joseph , xv Schwartz , Miriam , xv serifs , 255 , 405-7 Shand , James , xiv , 381 ...
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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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