Entrée principale:

Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967, author.

Titre et auteur:

Four centuries of fine printing : upwards of six hundred examples of the work of presses established during the years 1500 to 1914 / with an introductory text and indexes by Stanley Morison.

Publication:

London : Ernest Benn Limited [1924]
Cambridge : Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press Cambridge

Description:

xxix, 243 unnumbered pages : xvi, 625 facsimiles ; 48 cm

Notes:
"Printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press Cambridge"--Colophon.
Publication date from publisher's prospectus.
"390 copies for sale numbered 1-390. In addition, 13 special copies have been printed, numbered I-XIII, and an edition of 100 copies with German text, numbered 391-490. The text is composed in the roman type made by Francesco Griffo for Aldus Manutius originally used in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and now reproduced by the Lanston Monotype Corporation, London [i.e. Morison's Poliphilus type], and is printed at the University Press, Cambridge, England. The collotypes are by Albert Frisch of Berlin. The paper for the édition de luxe was made by Van Gelder Zonen, Amsterdam. The binding of the ordinary edition is by Messrs Straker and Smith, London, and of the special copies by Messrs C. & C. McLeish and Messrs Rivière, London."--Page [iv].
"Index to printers and publishers": p. 243.
Illustrations reproduce title pages and other specimen pages that exemplify the printers' typographical work and resources, the book being intended "to indicate ... the development of style in typography in the roman letter" (p. ix).
LC has copy no. 308.
DLC
Kelly, J. One hundred books famous in typography, 57.

Sujet:

Printing Specimens.
Type and type-founding.
Roman type History.
Roman type Specimens.
Title pages.
Imprimerie Spécimens.
Caractères romains (Industries graphiques) Histoire.
Caractères romains (Industries graphiques) Spécimens.
Pages de titre.
title pages.
Printing.
Roman type.
Printing History.

Classification/genre:

History.
Specimens.
Collotypes.

Vedettes secondaires:

Lewis, Walter, 1878-1960, printer.
Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner.
Ernest Benn Ltd., publisher.
Cambridge University Press, printer.
Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress)
Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)
Great Britain England London.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main m 88704
Cote: POM7485; ID:86-B17438
Statut: Disponible

Localisation: Bibliothèque main m 88705
Cote: M4478 GF2538; ID:86-B17438
Statut: Disponible