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First edition. This book is the long-awaited successor to the classic
An Atlas of Typeforms, the great visually-led history of type that
Alan Bartram and James Sutton produced in 1968. Much has
changed in the last 40 years, not least the teaching of typography
and the means by which it is created. Because current design
methods do not require the drawing and tracing of letterforms in
order to produce layouts, we have lost our close connection with
them. Few understand their history, their appearance, and how
and why they have developed as they have. Nearly 75 different
types are shown in their original metal forms, just as they were in
the Atlas of Typeforms. But an entirely new feature is the author's
attempt to place the types in their historical context. By including
photographs of contemporary inscriptions on buildings and
monuments, Alan Bartram explores the relationship between
printed and architectural letterforms and their parallel course from
the Renaissance until Victorian times. Co-published with The
British Library. Sales rights: North and South America; available
elsewhere from The British Library [Order No. 95866]
397. Rosendorf, Theodore. THE TYPOGRAPHIC DESK REFERENCE. New Castle, Delaware: Oak
Knoll Press, 2009, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, Hardcover. 152 pages. ISBN 9781584562313. $45.00 $33.75
First edition. The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is comprised of a thousand facts on the form of Latin-based
writing systems. The book includes the following four main sections: Terms - Definitions of format, measurements,
practice, standards, tools, and industry lingo; Glyphs - The list of standard ISO and extended Latin characters,
symbols, diacritics, marks, and various forms of typographic furniture; Anatomy & Form - Letter stroke parts and
the variations of impression and space used in Latin-based writing systems; and Classification & Specimens - An
historical line with examples of form from blackletter to contemporary sans serif types. Designed for quick
consultation, entries are concise and factual, making it handy for the desk. Its foreword is written by Ellen Lupton.
[Order No. 96672]
398. Coakley, J.F. THE TYPOGRAPHY OF SYRIAC: A HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF
PRINTING TYPES, 1537-1958. New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British
Library, 2006, 7 x 10 inches, hardcover. 272 pages. ISBN 9781584561927. $75.00 $56.25
The challenge of conveying the beautiful cursive Syriac script, in one or another of its three varieties, was taken up
by many well-known type-designers in the letterpress era, from Robert Granjon in the sixteenth century to the
Monotype and Linotype corporations in the twentieth, as well as by many lesser-known ones. This study records
and abundantly illustrates no fewer than 129 different Syriac types, using archival documents, type-specimens,
and the often scattered evidence of the print itself. [Order No. 91843]
399. Burkett, Nancy H. and John B. Hench (ed.) UNDER ITS GENEROUS DOME, THE COL-
LECTIONS AND PROGRAMS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. Worcester:
American Antiquarian Society, 1992, 8vo., paper wrappers. 190 pages. ISBN 0944026389. $15.00 $11.25
Second edition, revised. Edited by Nancy H. Burkett and John B. Hench and a foreword by Jill Ker Conway.
Illustrated. [Order No. 42174]
400. Plantin, Christopher. AN UNKNOWN HOLOGRAPH LETTER BY CHRISTOPHE
PLANTIN, RECENTLY DISCOVERED. `t Goy-Houten: HES & DE GRAAF, 1996, 8vo., paper
wrappers. 6 pages. ISBN 9789061943389. $10.00 $7.50
Facsimile with introduction, transcription and translation by R. Breugelmans. With portrait. Sales rights: Available
outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103515]
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