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TYPOLOGIA: STUDIES IN TYPE DESIGN & TYPE MAKING WITH COMMENTS ON THE INVENTION OF TYPOGRAPHY, THE FIRST TYPES, LEGIBILITY AND FINE PRINTING
by Goudy, Frederic W
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus in Good Dust Jacket
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley, Ca: University of California Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus in Good Dust Jacket. Large Octavo. Beige, buckram-covered boards with gilt-on-black label (title and author's initials) and a smaller similar label to spine. Frontis black and white photo of a plaster (later bronze casting) bust of the author, carved by Jo Davidson. A brief history of type, design, details of construction. Very slight age toning to pages. Some soiling and smudging to dustjacket, which appears to be of fine, textured paper, perhaps mock vellum. Sharp copy. "...Fine printing especially is expected to produce impresions of intrinsic beauty, but. it must meet equally the requirements
of relative beauty. The two forms of beauty never stand in opposition; intrinsic beauty comes from varietyand contrast of the different parts harmoniously disposed in such a way that they contribute to the beauty of the whole; relative beauty presents a sense of congruity between the vehicle and the matter and gives an expression corresponding to the purpose; some expressions sumptuous and grand, others neat and modest, gay or splendid, a few monumental..." (p. 168).
of relative beauty. The two forms of beauty never stand in opposition; intrinsic beauty comes from varietyand contrast of the different parts harmoniously disposed in such a way that they contribute to the beauty of the whole; relative beauty presents a sense of congruity between the vehicle and the matter and gives an expression corresponding to the purpose; some expressions sumptuous and grand, others neat and modest, gay or splendid, a few monumental..." (p. 168).
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86593
- Title
- TYPOLOGIA: STUDIES IN TYPE DESIGN & TYPE MAKING WITH COMMENTS ON THE INVENTION OF TYPOGRAPHY, THE FIRST TYPES, LEGIBILITY AND FINE PRINTING
- Author
- Goudy, Frederic W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus in Good Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, Ca
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Type Design, Type Founding, Fournier, University of California Old Style, Fine Printing,
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