The design & printing of ephemera in Britain & America, 1720-1920 / Graham Hudson.

Main entry:

Hudson, Graham S. (Graham Spence), 1937-

Title & Author:

The design & printing of ephemera in Britain & America, 1720-1920 / Graham Hudson.

Publication:

London : British Library ; New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2008.
©2008

Description:

159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index.
The wooden press -- The iron press -- The rise of lithography -- Advancing technology -- Colour and special processes -- Artistic printing -- The Leicester free style -- Process engraving and commercial art.

Summary:

"Ephemera has been collected for many years but only comparatively recently has it been widely accepted as material for academic study This book is new in that it discusses ephemera as an aspect of design history, showing how function, process and period have effected the changing appearance of billheads, trade cards, flyers, playbills and other ephemera." "Ideas travelled in both directions across the Atlantic. American founders devised wholly original new typefaces and these were imported into Britain; yet the development of expertise in designing with these new faces depended on printers learning from one another, and the first scheme of specimen exchange that successfully achieved this was wholly devised and administered from London." "Richly illustrated with letterforms, engravings, drawings and the reproduction of over 250 items of ephemera, this is a book for collectors, students, design historians and all those with an interest in the visual arts."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9781584562245 (alk. paper)
1584562242 (alk. paper)
9780712349048 (hbk.)
0712349049 (hbk.)

Subject:

Printed ephemera Great Britain.
Printed ephemera United States.
Printing Great Britain History.
Printing United States History.
Printed ephemera Great Britain History.
Printed ephemera United States History.
Publications éphémères Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Publications éphémères États-Unis Histoire.
Imprimerie Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Imprimerie États-Unis Histoire.
Publications éphémères Grande-Bretagne.
Publications éphémères États-Unis.
Printed ephemera.
Printing.
Akzidenz
Gebruiksdrukwerk.
Grafische vormgeving.
Great Britain.
United States.
Großbritannien
USA
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Verenigde Staten.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Daniel and Eleanor Albert Collection $$5 WU

Design and printing of ephemera in Britain and America, 1720-1920

Holdings:

Location: Library main 256648
Call No.: BIB 187068
Status: Available

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