Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use; A Study in Survivals

by Daniel Berkeley Updike

Book Overview

In his comprehensive study of types from the earliest times to the twentieth century, Updike, founder of the famous Merrymount Press of Boston, traces the sequence of development in typography and discusses the relative importance of each period and the lesson that it holds for the modern printer. The 367 illustrations reproduce carefully selected pages from rare and beautiful books. The text constitutes a running commentary on the historical and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674503880
• ISBN13: 9780674503885
• Release Date: January 1966
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.8"