Updike, Daniel BerkeleyBiblio.com
PRINTING TYPES : THEIR HISTORY FORMS AND USE : A STUDY IN SURVIVALS.
195143439<p>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. xl292; xx326pp. 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.</p> London : Oxford University Press, [1951]. hardcover
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