Entrée principale:

Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967.

Titre et auteur:

The typographic book, 1450-1935; [a study of fine typography through five centuries. With an introductory essay by Stanley Morison and supplementary material by Kenneth Day.

Publication:

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, ©1963]

Description:

xiii, 98 pages 377 facsimiles 32 cm

Notes:
Designed to supersede the author's Four centuries of fine printing, originally published in 1924.
The commercial book -- Conventions of letter-design -- Typographical discipline -- Genesis of the Bauhaus -- Ornament and the Bauhaus -- The individual craftsman -- Trade book of standards -- Typographical ornament -- Evidence of tradition -- Gothic and Roman -- The black letter -- The Chancery hand -- Nicolaus Jenson -- Venetian technique -- Influence of Jenson -- The Aldine style -- Birth of French influence -- French and Parisian typography -- Jean De Tournes and Robert Granjon -- Cardinal Richelieu -- The 'Roman Du Roi' -- The Didot family -- Baskerville and Bodoni -- William Pickering and the Whittinghams -- The Oxford Renaissance -- Johnston and Newdigate -- Daniel Berkeley Updike -- The Imprimerie Nationale -- The architectural simile -- The commercial publisher -- The monotype design programme -- Formative influences -- Plates.

Sujet:

Printing Specimens.
Type and type-founding.
Title pages.
Imprimerie Spécimens.
Pages de titre.
title pages.
Printing.

Classification/genre:

Bibliography
bibliographies.
Bibliographies.
Specimens.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque study room 107063
Cote: Z250 (PO14142)
Statut: Disponible