The book; the story of printing & bookmaking,
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| Author / Creator: | McMurtrie, Douglas C. (Douglas Crawford), 1888-1944. |
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| Imprint: | New York, Covici-Friede c1937. |
| Description: | xxx p., 1., 676 p., 1 l. front., illus. (incl. ports., music) plates, facsims. 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2246804 |
Table of Contents:
- Primitive human records
- Origin of the alphabet
- Alphabet in Western Europe
- Paper and its origins
- Handwritten books
- Printing in the Far East
- Early European woodcuts
- Block books
- Stage setting for typography
- Johann Gutenberg's invention
- Case of rival claimants
- Dissemination of printing
- Master printers of Venice
- First printing in English
- Production of the incunabula
- Woodcut book illustration
- Engraved book illustration
- Early book decoration
- Some special problems
- Printers' marks
- Study of incunabula
- Typography's golden age
- Italian book illustration
- Indomitable plantin
- Vogue of engraving
- Baskerville and his disciples
- Press in the New World
- Printing on the Massachusetts Bay
- Typographer, philosopher, statesman
- Printer and historian
- Spread of printing in America
- Revival of craftsmanship
- Private presses
- Contemporary fine printing
- Modern typography
- Modern book illustration
- Processes of bookmaking
- Art of bookbinding
- Printing of illustrations
- Title page
- Concerning type design
- Printer's ideals.