PRINTER'S ABCEDARIUM / John O. C. McCrillis

PRINTER'S ABCEDARIUM / John O. C. McCrillis

Books


REF.TY.1737
[64] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
1975
The Bodley Head
London
Printing--History, Alphabet--History, Printing--Specimens
Designed by the author and printed by the Meriden Gravure Co., this is an alphabetical Pantheon of great printers and their contribution to the history of printing. A latter-day calligraphic model book, it is a tribute to the alphabet and the revival of letter forms. Includes 27 full-page designs of initial letters adapted from the 1460 edition of Johannes Balbus's Catholicon, attributed to Gutenberg. Illustrated lining papers.