JOHN FELL, THE UNIVERSITY PRESS AND THE "FELL" TYPES THE PUNCHES AND MATRICES DESIGNED FOR PRINTING IN THE GREEK, LATIN, ENGLISH, AND ORIENTAL LANGUAGES BEQUEATHED IN 1686 TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD BY JOHN FELL
Morison, Stanley
Published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1967
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folio. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 278, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 1000 copies and printed on rag paper "from hand-set type cast at the Press in the matrices given by Fell." (Appleton no.227). Small tape repair to the top of the front of the dust jacket. Tear to the top of the rear of the dust jacket. Head of spine to the dust jacket lightly worn. Spine of jacket lightly faded and spotted. Else a lovely copy. "This magnificent folio is one of the most impressive pieces of bookmaking this century." Contains a history of Fell and the press, the development of the Fell types with catalogues of each, a bibliography of Fell's writings and a table showing type faces discussed. Seller Inventory # 37953
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Title: JOHN FELL, THE UNIVERSITY PRESS AND THE "...
Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford
Publication Date: 1967
Binding: cloth, dust jacket
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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JOHN FELL, THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, AND THE 'FELL' TYPES. The punches and matrices designed for printing in the Greek, Latin, English, and Oriental languages bequeathed in 1686 to the University of Oxford
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Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1967
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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good to fine condition. First edition, limited. Large Folio. xvi [i], 278 [1]pp., 12 plates, including frontispiece. Original blue cloth with gilt-stamped emblem on cover, gilt lettering and emblem on spine. Gray endpapers. Color frontispiece of John Fell. Title page with publisher's device and part of lettering in brown. Decorative initials. First Edition, limited to 1000 copies, printed from handset type cast at the press in the matrices given by Fell. List of illustrations and abbreviations at front. "The present volume, substantial as it may feel in the hands of the reader, is in fact a limited treatment of the formidable seventeenth-century personality who was a Delegate of the Press and Dean of Christ Church, became Vice-Chancellor of the University, and finally Bishop of Oxford: John Fell. Ample though the dimensions of the book may seem, the space given to Fell's writings is markedly less than would be desired by a specialist of seventeenth-century English theological, controversial, and devotional literature. The present book is intended as a contribution less to biography and theology than to bibliography and typography." (Preface) Profusely illustrated with plates of offset reproductions of paintings of notable personalities, variant typefaces, matrices, woodblocks for initials, and type founder's molds on plates as well as in-text typefaces, title pages, and musical scores. Six appendices at rear: List of the published writings of John Fell; the type founding equipment bequeathed to the University.; the Fell type specimens; the University's other ancient types.; Fell's announcements and proposals; Books in Fell Type published by the University of Oxford. Followed by list of Type-Faces discussed in this book, a glossary of terms relating to type founding, a list of old books used at the University Press, Oxford, related to English Point-Bodies and to typical Dutch and French old bodies, a list of authorities cited, and a general index. Light wear along edges of binding. Previous owner's name inked to front free endpaper. Seller Inventory # 55336
JOHN FELL THE UNIVERSITY PRESS AND THE "FELL" TYPES The Punches and Matrices Designed for Printing in the Greek, Latin, English and Oriental Languages Bequeathed in 1686 to the University of Oxford
Published by
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1967
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Hardcover
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Blue buckram gilt, DW, large folio, xvi, (1), 278, (1) pages, 22 full-page plates + profuse specimens, figures, ornaments and decorative initials. One of 1,000 copies handset in Fell types and printed on handmade paper by Vivian Ridler at the Oxford University Press. "John Fell" was the last - and some would say the finest - of the noble folios by this great printing historian" - "A Century for the Century," no. 73. Very slight edgewear, tips bumped, still a clean, near fine copy in a better than very good, mildly soiled and edgeworn DW, in archival mylar. Additional shipping cost may be requested. Seller Inventory # 006229
John Fell the University Press and the 'Fell' Types the Punches and Matrices Designed for Printing in the Greek Latin English and Oriental Languages Bequeathed in 1686 to the University of Oxford by John Fell DD
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Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1967
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Seller: Castle Hill Books, Llandrindod Wells, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xv + 278pp, illustrated with 12 text figures, 23 plates, blue endpapers and bound in blue buckram with dustwrapper. 1000 copies only, printed on rag paper with Fell type throughout. Huge book; Folio 13" - 23" tall. Seller Inventory # 73885
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