Download or read book Art of the Printed Book 1455 1955 written by Pierpont Morgan Library and published by New York : Pirepont Morgan Library ; Boston : D.R. Godine. This book was released on 1973 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quest of Sir Gawain for the Green Knight teaches him a lesson in pride, humility, and honor.
Download or read book Art of the Printed Book 1455 1955 written by Joseph Blumenthal and published by New York : The Library ; Boston : David R. Godine. This book was released on 1978 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Art of the Printed Book 1455 1955 Masterpieces of Typography Through Five Centuries from the Collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library New York with an Essay by Joseph Blumenthal written by Joseph Blumenthal and published by New York : The Library ; Boston : David R. Godine. This book was released on 1978 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Art of the Printed Book 1455 1955 Masterpieces of Typography Through Five Centuries written by Joseph Blumenthal and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Classic Typefaces written by David Consuegra and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graphic designers will enrich their understanding of American type design and type designers with this unique and extensive reference. The fascinating history of type in America is chronicled through the typefaces and biographies of sixty-two of the most influential type designers, including Linn Boyd Benton, Morris Fuller Benton, and Darius Wells, and through the description and history of nine American type foundries. Complete with samples of 334 different typefaces, and 700 black-and-white illustrations, this eye-popping reference reveals the expansive contribution America has made to the world of type design.
Download or read book Scribes Script and Books written by Leila Avrin and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2010 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this detailed overview of the history of the handmade book, Avrin looks at the development of scripts and styles of illumination, the making of manuscripts, and the technological processes involved in paper-making and book-binding. Readers will have a greater understanding of ancient books and texts with More than 300 plates and illustrations Examples of the different forms of writing from ancient times to the printing press Coverage of cultural and religious books Full bibliography Reference librarians and educators will find this resource indispensable.
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Download or read book A Bibliographic History of the Book written by Joseph Rosenblum and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...skillfully compiled...should be useful to anyone interested in placing his or her studies in the context of printed and bound literature..." --ENGLISH LITERATURE IN TRANSITION 1880-1920
Download or read book John Baskerville written by Caroline Archer-Parré and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighteenth-century typographer, printer, industrialist and Enlightenment figure, John Baskerville (1707-75) was an inventor, entrepreneur and artist with a worldwide reputation who made eighteenth-century Birmingham a city without typographic equal, by changing the course of type design. This publication explores Baskerville in his social and economic context and evaluates his impact.
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