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Talbot Baines Reed wrote in a period of transition when hot metal typesetting and offset printing were transforming the scale and scope of printing. In the previous 350 years, England had experienced civil war and started the Industrial Revolution. The dissemination of printed information and learning is inextricable to this history, and the art with which this was done is a quintessential part of English culture. Reed is distinctly aware of the great debt that his contemporaries had to the early typographers (notable among them William Caslon - considered the first great English typographer - and John Baskerville), and everywhere in his work is this shown in his meticulous and unstinting presentation of the fascinating details of their artistic exploration and expression. Modern readers will enjoy the technical and historical insight this work affords, and also find the style and presentation fresh and engaging.

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Preface; Introductory chapter. The types and type founding of the first printers; 1. The English type bodies and faces; 2. The learned, foreign and peculiar characters; 3. The printer letter-founders, from Caxton to Day; 4. Letter founding as an English mechanical trade; 5. The state control of English letter founding; 6. The Oxford University foundry; 7. The Star Chamber founders, and the London Polyglot; 8. Joseph Moxon; 9. The later founders of the 17th century; 10. Thomas and John James; 11. William Caslon; 12. Alexander Wilson; 13. John Baskerville; 14. Thomas Cottrell; 15. Joseph and Edmund Fry; 16. Joseph Jackson; 17. William Martin; 18. Vincent Figgins; 19. The minor founders of the 18th century; 20. William Miller; 21. The minor founders from 1800 to 1830; Index.

A History of the Old English Letter Foundries With Notes Historical and Bibliographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography Cambridge of Printing Publishing and Libraries

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 5/20/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781108012973
      978-1108012973
      ISBN-10 1108012973
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Talbot Baines Reed wrote in a period of transition when hot metal typesetting and offset printing were transforming the scale and scope of printing. In the previous 350 years, England had experienced civil war and started the Industrial Revolution. The dissemination of printed information and learning is inextricable to this history, and the art with which this was done is a quintessential part of English culture. Reed is distinctly aware of the great debt that his contemporaries had to the early typographers (notable among them William Caslon - considered the first great English typographer - and John Baskerville), and everywhere in his work is this shown in his meticulous and unstinting presentation of the fascinating details of their artistic exploration and expression. Modern readers will enjoy the technical and historical insight this work affords, and also find the style and presentation fresh and engaging.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; Introductory chapter. The types and type founding of the first printers; 1. The English type bodies and faces; 2. The learned, foreign and peculiar characters; 3. The printer letter-founders, from Caxton to Day; 4. Letter founding as an English mechanical trade; 5. The state control of English letter founding; 6. The Oxford University foundry; 7. The Star Chamber founders, and the London Polyglot; 8. Joseph Moxon; 9. The later founders of the 17th century; 10. Thomas and John James; 11. William Caslon; 12. Alexander Wilson; 13. John Baskerville; 14. Thomas Cottrell; 15. Joseph and Edmund Fry; 16. Joseph Jackson; 17. William Martin; 18. Vincent Figgins; 19. The minor founders of the 18th century; 20. William Miller; 21. The minor founders from 1800 to 1830; Index.

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