Main entry:

Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967, author.

Title & Author:

Four centuries of fine printing : upwards of six hundred examples of the work of presses established during the years 1500 to 1914 / with an introductory text and indexes by Stanley Morison.

Publication:

London : Ernest Benn Limited, No 8 Bouverie Street E.C., [1924]
Cambridge : Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press Cambridge

Description:

xxix, 243 unnumbered pages : xvi, 625 facsimiles ; 48 cm

Notes:
"Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press Cambridge"--Colophon.
Publication date from publisher's prospectus.
"The edition of this work consists of 390 copies for sale numbered 1-390. In addition, 13 special copies have been printed, numbered I-XIII, and an edition of 100 copies with German text, numbered 391-490. The text is composed in the roman type made by Francesco Griffo for Aldus Manutius originally used in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and now reproduced by the Lanston Monotype Corporation, London [i.e. Morison's Poliphilus type], and is printed at the University Press, Cambridge, England. The collotypes are by Albert Frisch of Berlin. ... The binding of the ordinary edition is by Messrs Straker and Smith, London"--Page [iv].
"Index to printers and publishers": p. 243.
Illustrations reproduce title pages and other specimen pages that exemplify the printers' typographical work and resources, the book being intended "to indicate ... the development of style in typography in the roman letter" (p. ix).
LC has copy no. 308.
DLC
Kelly, J. One hundred books famous in typography, 57.

Subject:

Printing Specimens.
Type and type-founding.
Roman type History.
Roman type Specimens.
Title pages.
Imprimerie Spécimens.
Caractères romains (Industries graphiques) Histoire.
Caractères romains (Industries graphiques) Spécimens.
Pages de titre.
title pages.
Printing
Roman type
Printing History.

Form/genre:

History
Specimens
Collotypes.

Added entries:

Lewis, Walter, 1878-1960, printer.
Griffo, Francesco, compositor.
Frisch, Albert, 1840-1916, collotyper.
Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner.
Ernest Benn Ltd., publisher.
Cambridge University Press, printer.
Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress)
Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)
Great Britain England London.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 88704
Call No.: POM7485; ID:86-B17438
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 88705
Call No.: M4478 GF2538; ID:86-B17438
Status: Available