John Fell, the University Press and the 'Fell' Types.
by Morison, Stanley
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hampden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Garland Publishing, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 315 pp. Folio. Authorized facsimile of the original edition printed by Oxford at the Clarendon Press in 1967. Includes numerous illustrations within the text and 23 plates. With a new introduction by Nicolas Barker. John Fell established the French sixteenth-century and the Dutch seventeenth-century origins of these types. He attributes certain sizes to such celebrated early punchcutters as Claude Garamod, Robert Granhon, and Pierre Haultin. Brown cloth with titles gilt on spine, printed on acid free paper. Fine, without dust jacket as issued. Oversize book: overseas orders will require extra postage.
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- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3326BT
- Title
- John Fell, the University Press and the 'Fell' Types.
- Author
- Morison, Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Garland Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Garland Series of Nineteenth-Century Book Arts and Printing History 0082438886
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- Book Trade/History of Printing;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Facsimile
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...