Printing types : their history, forms, and use; a study in survivals / by Daniel Berkeley Updike

Identifier:REF.TS.0524-0525

Dimensions:2 v. illus., facsims. 25 cm

Creation dates:1962

Copyright dates:1922

published by: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Oxford University Press

Subjects: Graphic design (Typography) -- History., Printing -- History., Type and type-founding -- History., Type and type-founding -- Specimens.

Description:Chronicles the history of type and printing in two volumes. Volume One includes a section on the history of printing, with separate sections on type originating in fifteenth century Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium, Spain, and England. Also includes sections chronicling the evolution of type from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries in Germany, Italy, and France. Volume two continues the exploration of the evolution of type from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries in The Netherlands, Spain, and England. Also includes a history of the conditions within the industry, including censorship and labor disputes. With black-and-white illustrations, facsimiles and an index (Volume 2: p. [299]-326). Third edition.