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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German printers brought the art to Rome in 1467 , and two years later John of Spire , like Fust a goldsmith , had started work in Venice . In Switzerland , says McMurtrie , it seems likely that " the first printing office in Basle began ...
German printers brought the art to Rome in 1467 , and two years later John of Spire , like Fust a goldsmith , had started work in Venice . In Switzerland , says McMurtrie , it seems likely that " the first printing office in Basle began ...
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POSTSCRIPT , 1951 : Twenty - four years later the question is still academic . Instead of a few distinguished private presses there is now a spate of " press books , " some of which are produced in home privacy , others designed or ...
POSTSCRIPT , 1951 : Twenty - four years later the question is still academic . Instead of a few distinguished private presses there is now a spate of " press books , " some of which are produced in home privacy , others designed or ...
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In short every thing ( except typing and account - adding in later days ) has been done by Vera Meynell or David Garnett or me . When I set myself to the making of these notes I thought I should ...
In short every thing ( except typing and account - adding in later days ) has been done by Vera Meynell or David Garnett or me . When I set myself to the making of these notes I thought I should ...
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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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