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A specimen of printers' flowers, types & decoration

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    Specimen of printers' flowers, types and decoration

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Part I -- Preface -- Introduction -- The use of patterns on the page -- Printer's flowers, a definition -- A postscript -- Specimen pages -- Lyonaise arabesque -- Granjon's arabesque -- Arabesques -- St. Francis prayer -- The donkey -- Glint specimen -- Persian ornament -- Display ornament -- Renaissance design -- Maple border -- Monotype designs -- Mono & Haddon -- Bibs & bows -- Floral ornament -- Figgins shaded -- Brass rules -- Arabesques -- German types -- St. John's gospel, a specimen of English text -- Part II. A specimen of printer's flowers.

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Uitgever

  • Uitgave

    Thaxted, Essex: The Workshop Press, 1992

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  • Onderwerp

Type

  • Taal

Classificatie

  • ISBN

    • 9780950929262
    • 0950929263

Annotaties / titel notitie's

  • Notities

    • "This edition ... is limited to 180 copies, all of which have been numbered and signed by the author" -- Title page verso.
    • "Hand set in 14 point Perpetua. Printed on a Farley 24 proofing press on goatskin parchment paper 160 gsm. Bound by the author in quarter cloth with paper sides and printed labels" -- Colophon.
    • "Part two : A specimen of printers' flowers ([28] p.)" contains samples of fleurons with "an epilogue of sixteen designs by Bruce Rogers" -- Page vii.

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