Type Studies : The Norstedt Collection of Matrices in the Typefoundry of the Royal Printing Office : A History and Catalogue

Christian Axel-Nilsson

ISBN 10: 9122006133 / ISBN 13: 9789122006138

Published by Norstedts Tryckeri, Stockholm, 1993

About this Item

No dust jacket. Light marks and scuffs to cover. Pages are unmarked and uncreased.Bindings secure and firm. A good used copy with no major defects. Size: 31.6 x 21.7 x 1.7 cm. 198 pp. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Norstedts förlag Typefoundry; Nordiska museet (Stockholm, Sweden) -- Catalogs; Typefounding matrices -- Catalogs; Type and type-founding -- History; Printing -- Specimens; Genre; Specimens; ISBN: 9122006133. ISBN/EAN: 9789122006138. Add. Inventory No: 260923VFD005001.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Type Studies : The Norstedt Collection of Matrices in the Typefoundry of the Royal Printing Office : A History and Catalogue
• Publisher: Norstedts Tryckeri, Stockholm
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9122006133
• ISBN 13: 9789122006138
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art & Design

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Synopsis

Limited to 1800 copies. Norstedts, the Swedish Royal Printing Office, has a collection of about 20,000 matrices made between 1500 and 1850 by such famous founders as Francois Guyot, Robert Granjon and P.S. Fournier le jeune. In addition to the history of the firm, Axel-Nilsson has reproduced hundreds of specimens by casting new type from the original matrices. An important history of typefounding. Four page prospectus loosely inserted. Covers rubbed around edges. 199 pages. cloth.. 4to..