Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use (Volumes One & Two)

Updike, Daniel Berkeley

ISBN 10: 1584560568 / ISBN 13: 9781584560562

Published by Oak Knoll Press, 2001

About this Item

Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dust jacket. Volumes One and Two bound as one volume. Still sealed in the publisher's plastic wrap, unread. The dust jacket seems to have some wrinkling to it, otherwise a bright and attractive copy, as new.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use (Volumes One & Two)
• Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1584560568
• ISBN 13: 9781584560562
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Previous editions are cited in Books for college libraries, 3d ed. Updike's classic work, originally published by Harvard U. Press in 1922 and last updated in 1962, remains a bible to those studying typography. "It is virtually impossible to read any subsequent studies on the history of typography which do not contain references to Updike's work," the preface to this fourth edition notes. Volume I discusses the Latin alphabet, the invention of printing, the cutting and casting of types, and European types to the 18th century. Volume II continues the discussion of European types to the 19th century and also considers American types, choice of type, and the industrial conditions of the past and their relationship to problems of printers. Plentifully illustrated. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)