The Noblest Roman: A History of the Centaur Types of Bruce Rogers

by Jerry Kelly and Misha Beletsky

Roughly fifteen years after Gutenberg printed the first substantial book in Mainz in 1455, Nicolas Jenson of Venice produced what has been universally recognized among the most beautiful typefaces ever created. Based on the humanistic calligraphy of the Renaissance, an even and infinitely various set of lowercase letters that had evolved from the Carolingian minuscules of the ninth century, Jenson's types were a miracle of proportion and evenness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567925820
• ISBN13: 9781567925821
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.1"