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PRINTING TYPES
Their History, Forms and Use
by Daniel Berkeley Updike
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This extraordinary work explores the art of typography from the dawn of
printing to the twentieth century. By tracing the development of type
design, Updike discusses the importance of each historic period and the
lessons they contain for today’s designers.
A new introduction has been written by Henry Morris of Bird & Bull Press.
The original two volume set has been combined into one book containing the
original 367 typographical illustrations selected from rare and beautiful
books. Updike’s well-written text constitutes a running commentary on the
historical and artistic significance of these illustrations, which
exemplify the best work of printers and type founders from Gutenberg to
Bruce Rogers.
In Volume I, Mr. Updike discusses the Latin alphabet, the invention of
printing, the cutting and casting of types, fifteenth-century types in
Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and England as well as German, Italian and
French types of sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Volume II continues the discussion of types to the beginning of the
nineteenth century and then describes American types and nineteenth-century
types in general. The closing chapters on choice
of type and the industrial conditions of the past and their relationship to
problems printers face
are very informative. This work is the third edition, reprinted with new
introduction by Martin Hutner. Co-published with The British Library.
Late September 2001, hardcover, 6" x 9", 1,088 pages, over 360 illustrations
Hardcover - Two volumes in one
ISBN 1-58456-056-8
Order No. 63429-EM Price $85.00
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Paperback - Two volumes
ISBN 1-58456-060-6
Order No. 63431-EM - Price $49.95
You can order this book at
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