Printing types : their history, forms, and use; a study in survivals; Volume 2 / by Daniel Berkeley Updike

Identifier:REF.TS.0525

Dimensions:326 p. : illus., facsims.; 25 cm

Copyright dates:1922

Creation dates:1962

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.

Library of Congress Subject Headings:Graphic design (Typography)--History, Printing--History, Type and type-founding--History,

Description:Chronicles the history of type and printing in two volumes. Volume Two (this volume) explores 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 and facsimiles, and an index (p.[299]-326). Third edition.