Type Designs of the Past and Present

Author(s): Morison, Stanley

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	The Fleuron
Publication Year:	1926
Publication Place:	London
Book ID:	004131
Catalogue(s):	Books on Books, Book Collecting, Print and Design History

72pp, over sixty illustrations. Red cloth-covered boards, spine label faded and worn. General heavy wear all over boards; faded spine and top of front cover. Rubbed spine ends. Previous owners stamps on free end papers. Binding a little loose. 47/48pp has a 4cm closed tear. 8vo. An account of the development of scripts and typefaces from around 780, with Charlemagne's decision to revise the books used for church services, onwards, with illustrated examples

Keywords:

printing type font typeface typography