PRINTING TYPES : THEIR HISTORY, FORMS AND USE : A STUDY IN SURVIVALS.
by UPDIKE, D.B. (Daniel Berkeley), 1860-1941 :
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About This Item
London : Oxford University Press, [1951]. Second edition : the second impression of the 1937 American sheets. Originally published in 1922, but here much augmented - Updike's magisterial history and survey of the printing types of the western world - "stands foremost among the classic books of the printing trade" - the invention; the font and its case; the Latin alphabet; fifteenth-century types in Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Spain and England; the Aldine italic; type specimens; types and foundries to 1800, country by country; the American colonies; the nineteenth century; English types 1800-1844; the revival of Caslon and Fell; industrial conditions and more. Two volumes. Medium 8vo (25cm). xl,292; (xx),326pp. Over 350 illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Original buckram; just a hint of fading at foot; a few edge-spots; text very faintly tanned in places, but a very good set.
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- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43439
- Title
- PRINTING TYPES : THEIR HISTORY, FORMS AND USE : A STUDY IN SURVIVALS.
- Author
- UPDIKE, D.B. (Daniel Berkeley), 1860-1941 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Oxford University Press, [1951].
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- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bibliography, Typography
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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