No Art Without Craft: The Life of Theodore Low de Vinne, Printer

by Irene Tichenor

The biography of Theodore Low De Vinne (1828-1914): illustrious printer and scholar of typography.

Theodore Low De Vinne was a seminal figure in the history of American printing. De Vinne was born in upstate New York, the son of an itinerant Methodist preacher. It is unclear what propelled him into the world of printing, but once he discovered it, he never let it go. He was, for years, the primary and preferred printer for the Century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567922864
• ISBN13: 9781567922868
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"