Isbn: 9781584560562 - printing types: their history, forms, and use (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 4th Edition. Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dust jacket. Volumes One and Two bound as one volume. Still sealed in the publisher's plastic wrap, unread. The dust jacket seems to have some wrinkling to it, otherwise a bright and attractive copy, as new.…

hardcover with dust jacket. dj. Very good condition. Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Dust jacket spine edge has wrinkling from moisture. Pictures available upon request.

Fourth Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new with shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Physical desc.:2 v. in 1 (xlvi, 292, xix, 329 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Type and type-founding --Printing --History --Specimens. art / Typography / General HistoryType and type-founding Typography ; History of specific subjects. Summary: This study of typography traces the development of type design over the past five centuries, and discusses the lessons they hold for today's designers. The 367 illustrations reproduce selected pages from rare and beautiful books. The accompanying text examines the historical and artistic significance of these specimens, which represent the best work of printers and type founders from Gutenberg to Bruce Rogers. The two original books are here reproduced in one huge volume of over 1000 pages. This work should belong in the library of a typographer or those interested in printing history. 1 Kg.…

Fourth Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new with shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Physical desc.:2 v. in 1 (xlvi, 292, xix, 329 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Type and type-founding --Printing --History --Specimens. art / Typography / General HistoryType and type-founding Typography ; History of specific subjects. Summary: This study of typography traces the development of type design over the past five centuries, and discusses the lessons they hold for today's designers. The 367 illustrations reproduce selected pages from rare and beautiful books. The accompanying text examines the historical and artistic significance of these specimens, which represent the best work of printers and type founders from Gutenberg to Bruce Rogers. The two original books are here reproduced in one huge volume of over 1000 pages. This work should belong in the library of a typographer or those interested in printing history. 1 Kg.…