Beschrijving
Original publisher’s gray cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine and frontcover, thick large 8vo: xxiv, 404pp., richly illustrated [196plates], 10 contributions, index. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. Kenneth Day. List of Illustrations. 2. Books in Belgium. Fernand Baudin. 3. The Typography of the French Book, 1800-1914. Gerard Blanchard. 4. The Half Century, 1914-1964. Maximilien Vox. 5. The Art of the Book in Germany in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Georg Kurt Schauer. 6. British Book Typography. P.M. Handover. 7. Book Printing in Italy from 1800 to the Present Day. Franco Riva. 8. 150 Years of Book Typography in the Netherlands. G.W. Ovink. 9. Book Printing in Switzerland. Willy Rotzler. 10. Book Typography in the United States of America. James M. Wells.