Editor: Jame Sutton, Alan Bartram
Publisher: Lund Humphries
Publication: 1968, Reprint
Binding: Hardcover, section sewn
Pages: 122
Size: 265 x 415
Text: English
Design: Alan Bartram
(Introduction) 'This atlas is an attempt to show by illustration, rather than by explaining in words, the main changes in type forms over 500 years of printing. We have enlarged many of the most important types in the history of printing so that their shapes can be seen clearly and compared. We also show, either actual size or only slightly reduced, an original use of the type, which further demonstrates its qualities; then follow enlarged letters and full alphabets of currently available types derived from or in the manner of the same historical original...'
Condition: Very Good. All titles are used and show shelf ware consistent with age. Light rubbing to cover.
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