Printing Types : Their History, Forms, and Use
Updike, Daniel Berkeley
9781584560609
ISBN 13: 9781584560609
Publication Date: 2001
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This work explores the art of typography from the dawn of printing to the twentieth century. By tracing the development of type design, Updike discusses the importance of each historic period and the lessons it contains. The original two-volume set has been combined into one hardbound book containing the original 367 typographical illustrations selected from rare and beautiful books. In Volume I, Mr. Updike discusses the Latin alphabet, the invention of printing, the cutting and casting of types, fifteenth-century types in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and England as well as German, Italian, and French types of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Volume II continues the discussion of types to the beginning of the nineteenth century and then describes American types and nineteenth-century types in general. This work is the third edition, reprinted with new introduction by Martin Hutner. Co-published with The British Library. Over 367 typographical illustrations
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Book Description: Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, 2001. Softcover. Book Condition: New. Reprint Edition. 1088 pages. Softcover. New book. GRAPHIC ARTS. This extraordinary work explores the art of typography from the dawn of printing to th twentieth century. By tracing the development of type design, Updike discusses the importance of each historic period and the lessons they contain for today's designers. The original two-volume set has been combined into one book containing the original 367 typographical illustrations selected from rare and beautiful books.Updike's well-written text constitutes a running commentary on the historical and artistic significance of these illustrations, which exemplify the best work of printers and type founders from Gutenberg to Bruce Rogers. In Volume I, Mr. Updike discusses the Latin alphabet, the invention of printing, the cutting and casting of types, 15th-century types in Germany, France, Spain, and England as well as German, Italian and French types of 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Volume II continues the discussion of types to the beginning of the 19th century and then describes American types and 19th-century types in general. The closing chapters on choice of type and the industrial conditions of the past and their relationship to problems printers face are very informative. (Key Words: Typography, Daniel Berkeley Updike, Graphic Arts, Printing, Type Design, Bruce Rogers, Gutenberg). book. Bookseller Inventory # 35132X3 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: Oak Knoll Press,, New Castle:, 2001. Book Condition: New. Third Edition. octavo, wrappers. 1,088pp. Two volumes. Extensively enlarged. With over 360 illustrations. With new introductions by Martin Hutner. The seminal work on the subject. "The text supplies a survey of the development of movable type designs from their invention through the nineteenth century, in the important countries of Europe, together with some mention of America. These two volumes.are without a doubt the result of the most scholarly research that has been done in the history of the development of printing, and the numerous illustrations have been very carefully selected. The reproductions render it virtually a universal type-specimen book." Hart, Bibliotheca Typographica (referencing the first edition) #25. Bookseller Inventory # 10836 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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