Printing Types
Their History, Forms and Use
A Study in Survival
By, D.B. Updike
Set of two antique books
1937
Volume 1, 292 pages
Volume 2, 326 pages
This 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 it contains. The original two-volume set has been combined into one hardbound book containing the original 367 typographical illustrations selected from rare and beautiful books. 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 the 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.
Over 367 typographical illustrations and also foldout pages
Sturdy spine, tightly bound, no writing or underlining. Minimal age discoloration but lovely for age of newest books.
Product code: Printing Types: Their History, Forms and Use (1937 Two Volume Set Antique newest Books)